different between abroad vs abrood

English

Alternative forms

• abrode (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- +? broad.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b???d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b??d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Adverb

abroad (not comparable)

1. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470.)]
2. (dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350.)]
4. (dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350.)]
   • 1891, Rudyard Kipling, The Return of Imray

     She spoke to Strickland in a language of her own, and whenever in her walks abroad she saw things calculated to destroy the peace of Her Majesty the Queen Empress, she returned to her master and gave him information.
5. (dated) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction. [First attested in the late 15^th century.]
6. Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed. [First attested in the early 19^th century.]
7. (sports) Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.

Derived terms

• be abroad

Translations

Noun

abroad

1. (rare) Countries or lands abroad. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
   • 1929, King George V, widely (and variously) quoted:

     I hate abroad, abroad’s bloody.

   • 2001 March 13, The Earl of Onslow, speaking in the House of Lords, quoted in Hansard:

     That is not a xenophobic remark. I am a xenophiliac; I love abroad. I love foreigners. I just do not like the way that they are running the European agricultural policy.

Derived terms

• near abroad

Translations

Preposition

abroad

1. Throughout, over.

Translations

References

• "Now abroad has entered English as a noun" - The New York Times, "ON LANGUAGE; The Near Abroad", William Safire, May 22, 1994, quoting Christian Caryl

Anagrams

• A board, Baroda, aboard, aborad

English

Etymology

From Middle English abrod, equivalent to a- +? brood.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?ud/
• Rhymes: -u?d

Adverb

abrood (comparative more abrood, superlative most abrood)

1. (obsolete) Upon a brood; on a hatch. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 19^th century.]
2. (figuratively) Mischief. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 19^th century.]

Adjective

abrood (comparative more abrood, superlative most abrood)

1. (obsolete) Upon a brood; hatching eggs. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 19^th century.]
2. (figuratively) Mischief. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 19^th century.]

References

Anagrams

• aboord