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за границей, за границу, повсюду, заграница

наречие ↓

- за границей

to travel [to live] abroad — путешествовать [жить] за границей

- за границу

to go abroad — поехать за границу

- в Европе
- в Европу (из-за океана)
- вне дома

no one is abroad in the noonday heat — в полуденный зной на улицах никого не видно

- из дому

he was abroad very early this morning — сегодня он вышел из дому очень рано

- широко, повсюду

the trees spread their branches abroad — деревья широко раскинули ветви
the news quickly got /spread/ abroad — новость быстро распространилась

- далеко от цели (при стрельбе, в играх)
- в грам. знач. сущ. заграница

from abroad — из-за границы
all abroad — далеко от истины
I may be a little abroad — возможно, я ошибаюсь
to be all abroad — а) быть и замешательстве; смутиться; б) глубоко заблуждаться; (очень) ошибаться в (своих) оценках, расчётах

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

an inflow of funds from abroad — приток средств из-за рубежа
the procurement of raw materials from abroad — закупки сырья из-за рубежа
to deliver goods from abroad — доставлять товары из-за границы
to travel abroad — путешествовать за границей
flight of money abroad — утечка валюты за границу
there is a rumour abroad — ходит слух
on their return from a trip abroad — по их возвращении из-за границы
parts and materials sourced from abroad — детали и материалы, поставляемые из-за границы
visitors from abroad — гости из-за рубежа
pays for waterage abroad — плата за международные перевозки по воде
to have the wherewithal for a trip abroad — иметь необходимую сумму денег для поездки за рубеж
to get abroad — распространяться (о слухах)

Примеры с переводом

They went abroad for a year.

Они уехали за границу на год.

She often goes abroad on business.

Она часто ездит за границу по делам.

I gather he’s abroad.

Я полагаю, он за границей.

I supposed him to be abroad.

Я предполагал, что он за границей.

I’ve never lived abroad before.

Я никогда прежде не жил за границей.

His fame blazed widely abroad.

Слава о нём разнеслась по всему миру.

He abandoned his family and went abroad.

Он оставил свою семью и поехал за границу.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Rumours of an election are being noised abroad.

‘I’m thinking of studying abroad.’ ‘Really? Cool.’

The whisky is bottled here before being sent abroad.

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Источник

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

abrode (obsolete)
overbroad (obsolete)

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹɔːd/
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹɔd/
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹɑd/
Rhymes: -ɔːd

Adverb[edit]

abroad (not comparable)

Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. [from 1350–1470]^[1]
- 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  
  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.
- 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XIV, in The History of England from the Accession of James II‎^[2], volume 3:
  
  Another prince, deposed by the Revolution, was living abroad.
(dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space. [from 1150–1350]^[1]

A tree spreads its branches abroad.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon, and other Poems on several Occasions:
  
  Again: The lonely fox roams far abroad, / On ſecret rapine bend and midnight fraud; […]
(dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one’s abode. [from 1150–1350)]^[1]
- p. 1650,, John Evelyn, William Bray, editor, Diary‎^[3], Frederic Warne and Company, published 1818, entry for 1650 July 7, page 207:
  
  I went to St. James’, where another was preaching in the court abroad.
- 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.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter 1, in The House Behind the Cedars:
  
  Was it so irreconcilable, Warwick wondered, as still to peal out the curfew bell, which at nine o’clock at night had clamorously warned all negroes, slave or free, that it was unlawful for them to be abroad after that hour, under penalty of imprisonment or whipping?
- 1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 6, in Casino Royale, page 34:
  
  There were very few people abroad and the two men standing quietly under a tree on the opposite side of the boulevard looked out of place.
(dated) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction. [from late 15^th c.]^[1]
- 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:
  
  This Peece, or Schisme of Suicisme, and Selfishnesse, hath spawned most of the Heresies and Schismes, that are abroad in the World.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 1:45:
  
  But he went out, and beganne to publish it much, and to blase abroad the matter: insomuch that Iesus could no more openly enter into the citie, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from euery quarter.
Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed. [from early 19^th c.]^[1]
(sports) Played elsewhere than one’s home grounds.

Derived terms[edit]

be abroad
go abroad
study abroad
the schoolmaster is abroad

Translations[edit]

in foreign countries

Arabic: (where) فِي الْخَارِج‎ (fī l-ḵārij) (place), اِلَى الْخَارِج‎ (ilā l-ḵārij) (direction)

Egyptian Arabic: بره‎ (barra)
Azerbaijani: xaricdə
Belarusian: за мяжо́й (za mjažój) (place), за мяжу́ (za mjažú) (direction)
Bulgarian: в чужбина (bg) (v čužbina), в странство (bg) (v stranstvo), зад граница (bg) (zad granica)
Catalan: a l’estranger
Chinese:

Mandarin: 國外／国外 (zh) (guówài), 海外 (zh) (hǎiwài) (overseas)
Czech: (place) v zahraničí (cs); (movement to) do zahraničí (cs)
Danish: udenlands
Dutch: (place) in het buitenland (nl); (movement to) naar het buitenland (nl)
Finnish: (in) ulkomailla, (to) ulkomaille
French: à l’étranger
Georgian: საზღვარგარეთ (sazɣvargaret), უცხოეთში (ucxoetši)
German: (place) im Ausland (de); (movement to) ins Ausland (de)
Greek: στο εξωτερικό (sto exoterikó)
- Ancient Greek: ἔκδημος (ékdēmos)
Haitian Creole: aletranje
Hebrew: חוּ״ל‎
Hindi: (place) विदेश में (hi) (videś mẽ)
Hungarian: (place) külföldön (hu); (movement to) külföldre
Icelandic: í utlöndum, erlendis
Igbo: na ùfèsị
Irish: thar sáile, thar lear
Italian: all’estero
Japanese: 国外に (ja) (こくがいに, kokugai ni), 海外に (ja) (かいがいに, kaigai ni)
Korean: 국외 (gugoe), 해외 (ko) (hae’oe)
Latvian: (place) ārzemēs; (movement to) uz ārzemēm
Maltese: msiefer
Manx: ass y cheer
Ngazidja Comorian: udjenini
Norman: à l’êtrangi
Norwegian:

Bokmål: utenlands (no), i utlandet

Nynorsk: utanlands, i utlandet
Old English: ūtanlandes
Polish: (place) za granicą (pl); (movement to) za granicę (pl)
Portuguese: (location) no exterior (pt), no estrangeiro (pt); (movement) ao exterior (pt), ao estrangeiro (pt); (location overseas) no ultramar (pt), no além-mar (pt); (movement overseas) ao ultramar (pt), ao além-mar (pt)
Russian: (place) за грани́цей (za granícej), за рубежо́м (za rubežóm), (direction) за грани́цу (za granícu), за рубе́ж (za rubéž), за кордо́ном (za kordónom) (colloquial), на чужби́не (na čužbíne) (colloquial)
Scottish Gaelic: (location) thall thairis, (movement) a-null thairis
Serbo-Croatian:

Croatian: inozemstvo (sh) n

Cyrillic: иностранство n

Roman: inostranstvo n,
Spanish: (place) en el extranjero, en el exterior; (direction) al extranjero
Swedish: utomlands (sv), utrikes (sv)
Ukrainian: за кордо́ном (za kordónom) (place), за кордо́н (za kordón) (direction)

at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space

before the public or society

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} eksterlande
Ido: ^{(please verify)} exterlande (io)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} al estraniero
Italian: ^{(please verify)} all’estero
Romanian: în străinătate
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} utomlands (sv)
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} tramor (cy)

Noun[edit]

abroad

(rare, Scotland) Countries or lands abroad. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]^[1]^[2]
- 1929, King George V, widely (and variously) quoted:
  
  I hate abroad, abroad’s bloody.
- c. 1991, New Statesman & Society, volume 3–4, page 180:
  
  I am not, however, a xenophobe: obviously, abroad has some good ideas—arranged marriages, violent revolutions and so on.
- 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[edit]

near abroad

Translations[edit]

countries or lands abroad

Basque: atzerri
Bulgarian: чужбина (bg) f (čužbina)
Catalan: estranger (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 海外 (zh) (hǎiwài), 國外／国外 (zh) (guówài)
Danish: udland (da) n
Dutch: buitenland (nl) n
Finnish: ulkomaat
French: l’étranger (fr) m
German: Ausland (de) n
Hebrew: חוּץ לָאָרֶץ‎ m (ḥutz laáretz), חו״ל‎ (ḥul)
Hindi: विदेश (hi) m (videś)
Hungarian: külföld (hu)
Japanese: 海外 (ja) (かいがい, kaigai), 外国 (ja) (こくがい, kokugai), 在外 (ざいがい, zaigai)
Latvian: ārzemes f pl
Polish: zagranica (pl) f
Portuguese: exterior (pt) m, ultramar (pt) m, além-mar (pt) m
Russian: заграни́ца (ru) f (zagraníca), зарубе́жье (ru) n (zarubéžʹje)
Turkish: yurtdışı (tr)
Ukrainian: закордо́н (uk) m (zakordón)

Preposition[edit]

abroad

Throughout, over.

Translations[edit]

throughout

Arabic: فِي اَلْخَارِج‎ (fī l-ḵārij)

Egyptian Arabic: برا‎ (barrā)
Dutch: alover, over de ganse lijn
Finnish: pitkin (fi)

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abroad”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
^ “abroad, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

«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[edit]

A board, Baroda, aboard, aborad

Источник

: beyond the boundaries of one’s country : in or to a foreign country

hopes to study abroad next year

a family that came here from abroad [=from a foreign country] several years ago

: over a wide area : widely

wolves venturing abroad in increasing numbers

old-fashioned

: away from one’s home

doesn’t go walking abroad at night

formal

: in wide circulation : about

There are rumors abroad that the company is in trouble.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Nick and Audrey are the archetypal idiots abroad, feckless tourists rampaging their way through international settings without a clue.

—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023

Domestic assembly is also required, which rules out foreign automakers, such as Kia and Hyundai, that manufacture abroad.

—Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2023

Chinese companies planning to sell shares abroad will have to consider a pair of changes to listing rules that took effect on Friday.

—Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023

Over the more than a year of war, Western governments have made efforts to break up Moscow’s international spy networks abroad.

—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023

After taking office in 1993, Clinton named Mr. Brody president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, an agency that facilitates the export of U.S. goods and services by making and guaranteeing loans abroad.

—Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023

In the following few months, 591 American prisoners of war in North Vietnam returned to the U.S. Later that year, Congress overrode Nixon’s veto to pass the War Powers Act, a law stating that the president is required to consult with Congress before committing U.S. forces abroad.

—Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023

King Charles politely declined a fast food crown during a walkabout abroad!

—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023

At home and abroad, China’s president, Xi Jinping, was pictured kicking soccer balls and watching youth matches.

—Tariq Panja, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English abrod, abrood, from a- a- entry 1 + brod, brood broad entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler

The first known use of abroad was
in the 14th century

Dictionary Entries Near abroad

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Merriam-Webster unabridged

Источник

a·broad

(ə-brôd′)

adv. & adj.

1. Out of one’s own country.

2. In a foreign country or countries.

3. Away from one’s home.

4. In circulation; at large.

5. Covering a large area; widely: «An epidemic is abroad in America» (Richard M. Smith).

6. Archaic Not on target; in error.

A foreign country or countries in which to live or travel: «Do you like abroad or hate it?» (John le Carré).

[Middle English abrod : a-, in, on; see a-² + brod, broad; see broad.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

abroad

(əˈbrɔːd)

adv

to or in a foreign country or countries

adj (postpositive)

1. (of news, rumours, etc) in general circulation; current

2. out in the open

3. over a wide area

4. archaic in error

[C13: from a-² + broad]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

a•broad

(əˈbrɔd)

adv.

1. in or to a foreign country or countries: famous at home and abroad.

2. in or to another continent.

3. out of doors; away from one’s home: There was no one abroad in the noonday heat.

4. spread around; in circulation: Rumors of disaster were abroad.

5. broadly; widely; far and wide.

6. wide of the mark; in error.

7. a foreign land or lands: imports from abroad.

[1225–75]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	abroad — in a foreign country; «markets abroad»; «overseas markets» overseas foreign — of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); «foreign trade»; «a foreign office»
Adv.	1.	abroad — to or in a foreign country; «they had never travelled abroad»
	2.	abroad — far away from home or one’s usual surroundings; «looking afield for new lands to conquer»- R.A.Hall afield
	3.	abroad — in a place across an ocean overseas

abroad

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Translations

بِالـخارِجخَارِج البِلادمُنْتَشِرْ، يَدُور

do cizinydo zahraničív ciziněv oběhu

i cirkulationi omløbi udlandettil udlandetudenlands

ulkomailla

u inozemstvo

külföldönkülföldre

á kreikierlendis

海外に

해외에

į užsienįplačiaiužsienyjevisur

ārzemēsvisur

v zahraničí

na tujem

utomlands

ต่างประเทศ

herkesin ağzındaortalıktayurt dışınayurt dışındayurtdışı

ở nước ngoài

abroad

[əˈbrɔːd] ADV

2. (frm) (= about) there is a rumour abroad that → corre el rumor de que …
how did the news get abroad? → ¿cómo se divulgó la noticia?

3. (o.f.) (= outside) → fuera
there were not many abroad at that hour → había poca gente por las calles a aquella hora

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

abroad

[əˈbrɔːd] adv

(= around) there is a rumour abroad that … → le bruit court que …
there is a feeling abroad that … → on a le sentiment que …

abroad

adv

(liter: = far and wide) scatter → weit

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

abroad

(əˈbroːd) adverb

1. in or to another country. He lived abroad for many years.

2. current; going around. There’s a rumour abroad that she is leaving.

abroad

→ بِالـخارِج do zahraničí til udlandet im Ausland στο εξωτερικό en el extranjero ulkomailla à l’étranger u inozemstvo all’estero 海外に 해외에 in het buitenland utenlands za granicą no estrangeiro за границей utomlands ต่างประเทศ yurtdışı ở nước ngoài 在国外

Источник

1
abroad

1) за грани́цей; за грани́цу;

2) широко́; повсю́ду;

а) заблужда́ться;

б) растеря́ться; смеша́ться, смути́ться

4) вне до́ма, вне своего́ жили́ща;

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > abroad
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abroad

Персональный Сократ > abroad
3
abroad

[əˈbrɔ:d]

abroad разг. в заблуждении abroad уст. вне дома, вне своего жилища abroad за границей; за границу; from abroad из-за границы abroad за границей abroad за границу abroad заграница abroad широко; повсюду; there is a rumour abroad ходит слух; to get abroad распространяться (о слухах) agency abroad зарубежное представительство to be all abroad заблуждаться to be all abroad растеряться; смешаться, смутиться borrowing abroad заграничный заем abroad за границей; за границу; from abroad из-за границы abroad широко; повсюду; there is a rumour abroad ходит слух; to get abroad распространяться (о слухах) get: abroad about начинать (вы)ходить после болезни; get abroad распространяться (о слухах); становиться известным go abroad выезжать за границу government loan abroad государственный иностранный заем investment abroad зарубежные капиталовложения personal expenditure abroad личные расходы за границей portfolio investment abroad портфельные инвестиции за рубежом private borrowing abroad частный заем за рубежом purchases abroad закупки за границей representation abroad зарубежное представительство sales abroad продажа за рубеж sales abroad реализация за границей stationed abroad размещенный за рубежом stay abroad пребывание за рубежом abroad широко; повсюду; there is a rumour abroad ходит слух; to get abroad распространяться (о слухах) work abroad работать за рубежом

English-Russian short dictionary > abroad
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abroad

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > abroad
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abroad

[ə’brɔːd]

нареч.

1) за границей; за границу

He was dismissed and demoted to a diplomatic post abroad. — Он был смещён и переведён с понижением на дипломатическую службу за границей.

I gather he’s abroad. — Он, по-видимому, за границей.

— travels abroad
— at home and abroad

2) широко; повсюду

His fame blazed widely abroad. — Слава о нём разнеслась по всему миру.

Syn:

3)

уст.

вне дома, вне своего жилища; из дому

4)

амер.

в Европе; в Европу

5) ошибочно, неточно, рассеянно; далеко от цели

Англо-русский современный словарь > abroad
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abroad

1. adv за границей

a trip abroad — заграничная поездка, поездка за границу

2. adv за границу

3. adv амер. в Европе

4. adv амер. в Европу

5. adv амер. вне дома

6. adv амер. из дому

7. adv амер. широко, повсюду

8. adv амер. далеко от цели

9. adv амер. заграница

Синонимический ряд:

1. away (other) afar off; away; beyond the sea; distant; overseas; removed

2. widely (other) at large; broadly; everywhere; expansively; ubiquitously; widely

Антонимический ряд:

English-Russian base dictionary > abroad
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abroad

[əʹbrɔ:d]

1. 1) за границей

to travel [to live] abroad — путешествовать [жить] за границей

2) за границу

1) в Европе

3. 1) вне дома

no one is abroad in the noonday heat — в полуденный зной на улицах никого не видно

2) из дому

he was abroad very early this morning — сегодня он вышел из дому очень рано

4. широко, повсюду

the news quickly got /spread/ abroad — новость быстро распространилась

5. далеко от цели ()

all abroad — далеко от истины

I may be a little abroad — возможно, я ошибаюсь

to be all abroad — а) быть и замешательстве; смутиться; б) глубоко заблуждаться; (очень) ошибаться в (своих) оценках, расчётах

НБАРС > abroad
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abroad

Англо-русский синонимический словарь > abroad
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abroad

[ə’brɔːd]

adv

за границей, за границу

— be abroad

— go abroad
— come from abroad
— be ordered abroad
— get from abroad
— get commodities from abroad
— serve abroad
— travel abroad

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abroad

[ə’brɔ:d]

adv

1) за границей, за границу

3) вне дома, снаружи

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abroad

adverb

1) за границей; за границу; from abroad из-за границы

2) широко; повсюду; there is a rumour abroad ходит слух; to get abroad распространяться (о слухах)

3)

collocation

в заблуждении;

to be all abroad

а) заблуждаться;

б) растеряться; смешаться, смутиться

4)

obsolete

вне дома, вне своего жилища

* * *

1 (0) за границу; за рубеж

2 (d) за границей; за рубежом

* * *

за границей; за границу

* * *

[a·broad || ə’brɔːd]
за границей, за границу; вне дома, вне своего жилища; широко, повсюду; в заблуждении

* * *

по-видимому

повсюду

расчетах

смешаться

смутиться

широко

* * *

1) за границей; за границу
2) широко
3) устар. вне дома, вне своего жилища; из дому

Новый англо-русский словарь > abroad
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abroad

1) за грани́цей

2) за грани́цу

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abroad

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abroad

əˈbrɔ:dза границей, широко, повсюду

Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов > abroad
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abroad

[ə’brɔːd]

1) Общая лексика: в заблуждении, вне дома, за границей, за границу, за рубеж, за рубежом, заграничный, на сторону, повсюду, снаружи, широко, за кордоном, за кордон

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > abroad
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abroad

[ə`brɔːd]

за границей; за границу

широко; повсюду

вне дома, вне своего жилища; из дому

в Европе; в Европу

далеко от цели

Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > abroad
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abroad

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abroad

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Abroad — A*broad , adv. [Pref. a + broad.] 1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad. [1913 Webster] The fox roams far abroad. Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abroad — [ə brôd′] adv. [ME abrode < on brod: see ON & BROAD] 1. broadly; far and wide 2. in circulation; current [a report is abroad that he has won] 3. outside one s house; outdoors [to stroll abroad] 4 … English World dictionary
abroad — (adv.) mid 13c., widely apart, from O.E. on brede, which meant something like at wide (see BROAD (Cf. broad) (adj.)). The sense out of doors, away from home (late 14c.) led to the main modern sense of out of one s country, overseas (mid 15c.) … Etymology dictionary
abroad — [adj] in a foreign country away, elsewhere, in foreign lands, in foreign parts, out of the country, overseas, touring, traveling; concept 583 Ant. at home … New thesaurus
abroad — ► ADVERB 1) in or to a foreign country or countries. 2) in different directions; over a wide area. 3) at large; in circulation. 4) archaic out of doors. ► NOUN ▪ foreign countries collectively … English terms dictionary
abroad — a|broad W3S2 [əˈbro:d US əˈbro:d] adv [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: abroad over a wide area (13 21 centuries), from broad] 1.) in or to a foreign country ▪ I ve never lived abroad before. ▪ She often goes abroad on business. ▪ We never travelled… … Dictionary of contemporary English
abroad — [[t]əbrɔ͟ːd[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADV: ADV after v, n ADV, be ADV, from ADV If you go abroad, you go to a foreign country, usually one which is separated from the country where you live by an ocean or a sea. I would love to go abroad this year, perhaps to… … English dictionary
abroad — /euh brawd /, adv. 1. in or to a foreign country or countries: famous at home and abroad. 2. in or to another continent: Shall we go to Mexico or abroad this summer? 3. out of doors; from one place to another; about: No one was abroad in the… … Universalium
abroad — adverb 1 in or to a foreign country: I ve never lived abroad before. | go abroad: She often goes abroad on business. 2 formal if a feeling, piece of news etc is abroad, a lot of people feel it or know about it: commercial secrets which we did not … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
abroad — /əˈbrɔd / (say uh brawd) adverb 1. in or to a foreign country or countries: *There was nothing mythic at Sydney: momentous objects, beings, and events all occurred abroad or in the elsewhere of books. –shirley hazzard, 1980. 2. out of doors: *She …
abroad — adv. from abroad (he had to return from abroad) * * * [ə brɔːd] from abroad (he had to return from abroad) … Combinatory dictionary

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adverb

in or to a foreign country or countries: famous at home and abroad.

in or to another continent: Shall we go to Mexico or abroad this summer?

out of doors; from one place to another; about: No one was abroad in the noonday heat. The owl ventures abroad at night.

spread around; in circulation: Rumors of disaster are abroad.

broadly; widely; far and wide.

wide of the mark; in error.

noun

a foreign land or lands: imports from abroad.

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Origin of abroad

First recorded in 1225–75, abroad is from the Middle English word abrod.See a-¹, broad

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Since her arrival in Dubai, Kriel has welcomed members of the city’s well-heeled Jewish community and travelers from abroad, including the chief rabbi of Poland, to her home for holiday and Sabbath dinners.
By redoubling its investments in clean-energy innovation at home and recommitting to its promises abroad, the United States can speed the development of technologies critical for deep decarbonization.
According to its official website, the fund was set up to collect donations from India and abroad to “undertake and support relief or assistance of any kind relating to a public health emergency or any other kind of emergency.”
In 2018, Berkshire invested in two payments companies abroad, plowing $600 million altogether into Brazil’s StoneCo and India’s Paytm in deals that were largely attributed to Todd Combs, one of Berkshire’s portfolio managers.

After several delays from its planned July release date, the movie opened abroad on August 26 and did reasonably well, grossing about $53 million in its opening weekend, higher than analysts’ projected $40 million.
I had been studying abroad in London, and came back to finish the semester at Tufts.
A single father, he had been living abroad and returned when his mother was diagnosed with cancer.
Groups like the Crips and MS-13 have spread from coast to coast, and even abroad.
Those who served abroad were treated with suspicion that they had been infected by European diplomacy.
Youssef said the jailings are not only driving the community underground but pushing many to move abroad.
Like every other Spanish general in supreme command abroad, Polavieja had his enemies in Spain.
While the fortress was undermining at home, they were not idle, who were preparing to storm it from abroad.
And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.
Germany invests money abroad, but she seems to borrow as much, and more, in the discount markets of London and Paris.
In the town the European mode of living is entirely prevalent—more so than in any other place abroad that I have seen.

British Dictionary definitions for abroad

adverb

to or in a foreign country or countries

adjective (postpositive)

(of news, rumours, etc) in general circulation; current

out in the open

over a wide area

archaic in error

Word Origin for abroad

C13: from a- ² + broad

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