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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

abroad

/əˈbɹɔd/

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American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
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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

  1. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
  2. Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed.
  3. Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.
More meanings (6)

preposition

  1. Throughout, over.

adjective

  1. International.

adverb

  1. (dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
  2. (dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.
  3. (dated) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction.

noun

  1. (rare) Countries or lands abroad.

Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0

IPA pronunciation

/əˈbɹɔd/

Pronunciation used in the listening tip.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.

In the pages of books

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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.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
Although lately he had been so prominent a figure in fashionable English society, he had spent most of his early life abroad.
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyThe Scarlet PimpernelProject Gutenberg ebook #60
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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.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
It was clear that the hydra of anarchy had emerged from its box and that it was stalking abroad through the quarter.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
The lad Reeves, whose confession had started the matter, was either dead or dying abroad, and was so out of Coke's reach.
Victor MacClureShe Stands AccusedProject Gutenberg ebook #488