broad
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- adjective
- /brɔd/
- The river is incredibly broad, making it easy for boats to pass through.
- a broad area
- broad-striped mongoose
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Examples
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Someone with a small mouth and good hair, broad shoulders--
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And we have sailing ships with broad sails the size of a football field.
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And then the the side is really broad so you can fill in large spaces.
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I agree with you that the First Amendment is broad and it protects his speech.
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Fourth, "academic instruction" covers a very broad range of interventions in this article.
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And now psychology at its broadest is the study of the human mind.
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Overall, students made gains in basic and broad reading skills as assessed by the WJ-III.
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Wahid, however, was simply unable to hold together a broad coalition of competing interests.
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Increasingly, it was viewed as an important component of a broader vocational education program.
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Candidate responses on the homework assignment displayed a broad range of candidates' expectations of gap group students.
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Synonyms
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Large in size, amount, or range
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Large in amount, range, or area
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Large and covering a wide area or amount
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Completely open with nothing closed or covering it
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A large open room or area with plenty of space
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Very large and wide, often used for places or plans
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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Describe people or things in very general ways that ignore important details
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Wide from side to side, like a boat that is very stable or a person with wide hips
Compounds
- Offensive
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An informal rude word for an older woman who is tough and speaks her mind
- Jargon
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A way of reading the Constitution where judges consider its purpose and current needs
- Specialized
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A railway track with wider space between the rails than the standard track, allowing larger trains
- Archaic
A mark like an arrowhead that shows something belongs to the British government
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A plant with wide leaves found in North American woods marked by light straw-colored stripes
- Australian
A tree from northern Australia with white flowers and wide leaves
A climbing garden plant with broad leaves and purple, pink, or white flowers that lives for many years
- Specialized
A small orchid with two wide leaves and a thin stem of small green flowers
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Etymology
Broad comes from an old English word brād meaning 'wide', and it is the same root as breadth. So broad still means something that measures a large distance from side to side.