to broaden someone's understanding
- phrasal verb
- /ˈbrɔːdən ˈsʌmˌwʌnz ˌʌndərˈstændɪŋ/
:
ampliar la comprensión de alguien
- Interdisciplinary technology courses can broaden interns' understanding of technology-enhanced learning and spur creativity.
Examples
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Having the opportunity to conduct their own investigations broadens students' understanding of the work of scientists.
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Having the opportunity to conduct their own investigations broadens students' understanding of the work of scientists.
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This arrangement can broaden students' musical understanding without compromising the development of essential performance skills.
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The aim of the minilesson was to broaden the students' understanding of using the senses in their writing, as too often, they had the tendency to over-rely on the reader's sense of sight.
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Recognizing the importance of the adaptive fit between organism and environment, Pardeck (1988) suggests three concepts that help broaden one's understanding of the fit.
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Visiting different cultures can broaden your understanding of the world.
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Attending workshops can broaden your understanding of various teaching methods.
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Reading diverse literature helps to broaden one's understanding of different perspectives.
Synonyms
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2.2
To give someone knowledge and skills by teaching or training over time
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3.9
To make or become wider and include more things
85
2.5
To make something have more space from one side to the other so it fits or moves more easily
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4.8
To give someone clear information to help them understand something
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4.1
To help someone learn about something
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5.5
Take in and understand new ideas or information
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3.7
To learn new things and try new experiences
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To teach someone in a way that makes their thinking and actions better
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3.7
Make someone understand something they did not know before
How Much
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2.2
55
4.8
∞
1.0
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
broaden + someone's + understanding
The meaning is directly derived from combining 'broaden' (to expand) with 'understanding' (knowledge), so 'to make someone's knowledge larger' follows compositionally. The possessive simply marks whose understanding is affected, and this common verb + noun pattern is cross-linguistically regular and predictable for a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Broaden someone's understanding uses the image of making a view wider: imagine a small window that opens so you can see more of a scene. Because broaden means 'make wider' and understanding means 'what you know', the phrase came to mean 'to make someone know or understand more'.