abrode

Adverb

abroad (not comparable)

1. (postpositional) Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
   • A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times
2. (dated, postpositional) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
   • A tree spreads its branches abroad.
3. (dated, postpositional) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.
   • I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad.p. 1650, John Evelyn, edited by William Bray, Diary, Frederic Warne and Company, published 1818, entry for 1650 July 7, page 207
4. (dated, postpositional) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction.
   • This Peece, or Schisme of Suicisme, and Selfishnesse, hath spawned most of the Heresies and Schismes, that are abroad in the World.1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English
5. (postpositional) Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed.
6. (postpositional) Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.

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