abroad
to or in a foreign country
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,899 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,429 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- to or in a foreign country they had never travelled abroad
- far away from home or one's usual surroundings also: afield looking afield for new lands to conquer
- in a place across an ocean also: overseas
adjective
- in a foreign country also: overseas markets abroadoverseas markets
abroad in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Easily, fluently, he discoursed of triumphs won at home, abroad.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Letters have been issued by the government commending the party to courtesies abroad.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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She turned off plots by the hundred and—so far as her flying quill could convey her—was perpetually going abroad.
Greville Fane · Henry James · Chapter 1
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Once abroad, they had been shamefully abandoned, and had been driven, to escape starvation, to resort to the vilest expedients.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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You can fancy how great was the rejoicing when the news was spread abroad that the terrible monster was dead.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1