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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: UK /əˈbrɔːd/, US /əˈbrɑːd/, /əˈbrɔːd/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is Middle English abrod, a contraction of on brode,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) formed from [[a-]] “on” and [[broad]].^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) Hoad suggests it was modelled on Middle English a brede, on brede, from Old English brǣdu “breadth”, and Etymonline gives Old English on brede “in width”.^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Widely apart, with the parts scattered: about 1260 in the OED, the mid-13th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Broadly, over a wide surface, is from 1297.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ At a distance from each other is from about 1300.^(Etymonline) Out of doors, away from home, is from 1377 in the OED, the late 14th century in Etymonline,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and the main modern sense, out of one's country, from about 1450.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) At large, current in the world, as of rumours, is from about 1500.^(OED 1989) Wide of the mark, in error, is from 1806.^(OED 1989) ''From abroad'', from foreign countries, followed.^(OED 1989) In many English dialects abroad still means out of doors or spread out.^(Wright 1898)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1260 – widely apart.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1297 – broadly, widely.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1377 – out of doors.^(OED 1989)
+ * c. 1450 – in foreign lands.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1806 – in error.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Adverb===
+ # In or to a [[foreign]] country.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # ''(of news or rumours)'' Spread widely; in [[circulation]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # ''(archaic)'' Out of doors, away from home.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # ''(archaic)'' Over a wide area.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # Foreign countries in general: ''visitors from abroad''.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[broad]]
+ * [[breadth]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}