Meaning of broad in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /brɔd/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    broad

    Definitions

    1. broad in scope or content

    Examples

    • « across-the-board pay increases »
    • « an all-embracing definition »
    • « blanket sanctions against human-rights violators »
    • « an invention with broad applications »
    • « a panoptic study of Soviet nationality- T.G.Winner »
    • « granted him wide »

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  2. 2. not detailed or specific

    Examples

    • « a broad rule »
    • « the broad outlines of the plan »
    • « felt an unspecific dread »

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  3. 3. lacking subtlety

    Examples

    • « obvious »
    • « gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave »

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  4. 4. very large in expanse or scope

    Examples

    • « a broad lawn »
    • « the wide plains »
    • « a spacious view »
    • « spacious skies »

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  5. 5. (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional

    Examples

    • « a broad southern accent »

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  6. 6. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

    Examples

    • « a broad political stance »
    • « generous and broad sympathies »
    • « a liberal newspaper »
    • « tolerant of his opponent's opinions »

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  7. Noun

    broad

    Definitions

    1. slang term for a woman

    Examples

    • « a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch »

  8. Qualitative Adjective

    broad

    Etymology

    Old English brād, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch breed and German breit

    Definitions

    1. having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

    Examples

    • « wide roads »
    • « a wide necktie »
    • « wide margins »
    • « three feet wide »
    • « a river two miles broad »
    • « broad shoulders »
    • « a broad river »

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