abroad

[uh-brawd] / əˈbrɔd /

ADJECTIVE

in a foreign country

Synonyms

STRONGEST

away elsewhere overseas

WEAK

in foreign lands in foreign parts out of the country touring traveling

Example Sentences

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Cheering the all-of-one and one-for-all of this team of dual nationals and Americans raised abroad — or in Alabama?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

Bier said the visa policies affect half of all legal immigrants coming from abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Chinese carmakers are aggressively expanding overseas, shipping 784,000 cars abroad in May, a 75% increase from a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Some players were born abroad but moved to the UK as a child, in which case their birthplace is listed as their UK childhood home.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Reports from abroad asserted, erroneously, that Jack the Ripper had returned.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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