- 1in or to a foreign country to be/go/travel/live abroad She worked abroad for a year. He was famous, both at home and abroad (= in his own country and in other countries).
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- 2(formal) being talked about or felt by many people There was news abroad that a change was coming.
- 3(old use) outside; outdoors
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