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abread

abread adverb: abroad.

Adverb

abread

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Abroad.

Forms of abread

alternative formabreed
alternative Scotlandabrede
alternative Scotlandabraid

Origin of abread

From Middle English abrede or on brede, from a- or on (“on”) + brede (“breadth”).

Questions about abread

What does abread mean?
Abread means abroad.
What part of speech is abread?
Abread is an adverb.

Words near abread in the dictionary

  1. abreaction
  2. abreactions
  3. abreactive
  4. abreactively
  5. abreacts
  6. abread
  7. abreast
  8. abrecock
  9. abrecocks
  10. Abrego
  11. Abregos

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