English▸ adverb
1 in or to a foreign country or countries:
we usually go abroad for a week in May
competition from companies at home and abroad.
2 in different directions; over a wide area:
millions of seeds are annually scattered abroad.
▪ (of a feeling or rumor) widely current:
there is a new buccaneering spirit abroad.
▪ freely moving about:
con artists abroad on the streets of the town.
▸ noun foreign countries considered collectively:
servicemen returning from abroad.