/euh brawd"/ , adv.
1. in or to a foreign country or countries: famous at home and abroad.
2. in or to another continent: Shall we go to Mexico or abroad this summer?
3. out of doors; from one place to another; about: No one was abroad in the noonday heat. The owl ventures abroad at night.
4. spread around; in circulation: Rumors of disaster are abroad.
5. broadly; widely; far and wide.
6. wide of the mark; in error.
n.
7. a foreign land or lands: imports from abroad.
[ 1225-75; ME abrod. See A- 1 , BROAD ]
Syn. 1. overseas. 3. out, outside. 4. everywhere, rife.
Ant. 1. at home.