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broadness

broadness

1 2.5
Great width of a place like a road or river
  • noun
  • /ˈbrɔːdnəs/
translation icon : anchura
  • We were impressed by the broadness of the menu at the new restaurant.

Like the range, the broadness of your perspective of life experiences.

Examples

  • Also, the depth and broadness of the theoretical knowledge delivered in teacher education programs need to be studied, in addition to the suitable approaches and methods to deliver such knowledge.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Teachers are frustrated by the broadness of the English language as well as the academic levels in their classrooms.

    Academic text (2010)
  • So what do you think about this action and the broadness of the class action?

  • The second impact concerns the broadness of the terms giftedness and talent.

    Academic text (1995)
  • "Indeed, common sense rebels at the broadness of the brush used by those who see education and indoctrination as necessarily intertwined."

    Academic text (1990)
  • Contrary to the attitude of the tourist, the rule associates broadness with stability and narrowness with mobility.

    Academic text (2008)
  • And he was so crude, so direct and unsophisticated—a man of his travels and broadness of mind, of his importance!

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The broadness of the geographical definition of these marginal peoples illustrates the sweeping equation of non-white with others.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The broadness of the river allowed boats to pass easily without obstruction.

  • The broadness of her smile made it clear that she was genuinely happy.

Synonyms

width
vsbroadness
93 1.0

Distance across something from one side to the other

expresses the general quality of being wide not the numeric measure
breadth
vsbroadness
16 3.9

The distance from one side of something to the other

refers to the abstract state of being wide rather than a measurement
wideness
vsbroadness
1 2.2

A large distance or range across something

has identical meaning but differs only as a different word form

Antonyms

1 3.4

Little space from one side to the other making it hard to pass

How Wide

broadness
1 2.5
narrowness
1 3.4

Surface Forms

broadness singular
broadnesses plural

Morphology

broadness = broad (transparent) = broad + ness

A standard nominalization formed from the adjective 'broad' with '-ness', yielding the quality of being wide.

Etymology

Broadness comes from the old English word broad, which simply meant 'wide' or 'spacious'. So, broadness is the quality of being 'wide' — think of a broad road or broad shoulders to remember it.