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abroad

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

a·broad / əˈbrôd/ • adv. 1. in or to a foreign country or countries: we usually go abroad for a week in May. 2. in different directions; over a wide area: seeds 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. • n. foreign countries considered collectively: servicemen returning from abroad.

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abroad

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

abroad †widely, at large XIII; out of doors XIV; in or into foreign lands XV. f. A-1 + BROAD; prob. suggested by ME. *a brēde, on brēde (OE. brǣdu BREADTH).

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abroad

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

abroad •aboard, abroad, accord, afford, applaud, award, bawd, board, broad, chord, Claude, cord, ford, fraud, gaud, Gawd, hoard, horde, laud, lord, maraud, milord, sward, sword, toward, unawed, unexplored, unrestored, ward •fjord

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