HOW TO PRONOUNCE
abroad
/əˈbɹɔd/
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Start lightly, then keep b-r together.
The first vowel is schwa, while the second syllable carries the main stress. Keep the b-r sequence connected and finish with d, without adding another vowel.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“He spent a year studying abroad.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does abroad mean?
adverb
- Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
- Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed.
- Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.
More meanings (6)
preposition
- Throughout, over.
adjective
- International.
adverb
- (dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
- (dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.
- (dated) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction.
noun
- (rare) Countries or lands abroad.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈbɹɔd/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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The spring was abroad in the land and Marilla’s sober, middle-aged step was lighter and swifter because of its deep, primal gladness.
Although lately he had been so prominent a figure in fashionable English society, he had spent most of his early life abroad.
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The tendency to ruminative loitering, which those who saw him abroad always associated with his tall, spare figure, was not suggested today.
It was clear that the hydra of anarchy had emerged from its box and that it was stalking abroad through the quarter.
The lad Reeves, whose confession had started the matter, was either dead or dying abroad, and was so out of Coke's reach.