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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 a·broad /əˈbrɔd/ 副詞
 到國外, 在海外;
 到處

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 A·broad adv.
 1. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad.
    The fox roams far abroad.   --Prior.
 2. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad.
    I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad.   --Evelyn.
 3. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad. “Another prince . . . was living abroad.”
 4. Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; widely.
    He went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter.   --Mark i. 45.
 To be abroad. (a) To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are all abroad in your guess. (b) To be at a loss or nonplused.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 abroad
      adj : in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets"
            [syn: overseas]
      adv 1: to or in a foreign country; "they had never travelled
             abroad"
      2: far away from home or one's usual surroundings; "looking
         afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall [syn: afield]
      3: in a place across an ocean [syn: overseas, beyond the sea,
          over the sea]