abroad

adverb (abroad); noun (from abroad)

«abroad» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Abroad means in or to a foreign country, one that is not your own: go abroad, live abroad. tree →
«From abroad» means coming from another country. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life: families go abroad on holiday, which needs passports, sometimes visas, and changing money into another currency (a maths topic: exchange rates). In geography lessons, pupils compare their country with places abroad. Safety: when travelling abroad, stay close to adults, know the name of your hotel, and learn the local emergency number. Phrases: go abroad, live abroad, travel abroad, study abroad, from abroad, at home and abroad.

Examples

We are going abroad this summer, to France. tree →
My uncle lives abroad in Japan. tree →
You need a passport to travel abroad. tree →
Our class has pen pals from abroad. tree →
Many children from abroad join our school and learn English. tree →
When you go abroad, the money may be different. tree →

Note

Adverb: say «go abroad», not «go to abroad». No plural, no «a/an». For people in Britain, Ireland or Australia, crossing the sea is going abroad; for Americans, people often say «overseas» or «out of the country».

In Jewish tradition

In Lamentations "abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is the like of death" pictures war outside and death inside the house. In Proverbs, springs "dispersed abroad" are a picture of blessings that flow out to others. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: families go abroad on holiday, which needs passports, sometimes visas, and changing money into another currency (a maths topic: exchange rates). In geography lessons, pupils compare their country with places abroad. Safety: when travelling abroad, stay close to adults, know the name of your hotel, and learn the local emergency number. Phrases: go abroad, live abroad, travel abroad, study abroad, from abroad, at home and abroad.

Examples

But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing, (Torah LEV.13.35, JPS 1917) tree →
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad. (Torah DEU.23.12, JPS 1917) tree →
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. (Torah EXO.1.12, JPS 1917) tree →
Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is the like of death. (Writings LAM.1.20, JPS 1917) tree →
Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets. (Writings PRO.5.16, JPS 1917) tree →
And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron. (Writings 2CH.29.16, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Early Modern English

Meaning

Spread around in many places, or out of doors. tree →

Then and now

Today it means in or to a foreign country. Here it means spread about, around, or outside, and the sentences use that old sense.

Examples

But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing, (Torah LEV.13.35, JPS 1917) tree →
“They are gone abroad,” said the other. (Andersen's Fairy Tales) tree →
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad. (Torah DEU.23.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: outside; far and wide.

On Mova

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