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[ adjective ] having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

Synonyms

wide

Examples

"wide roads" "a wide necktie" "wide margins" "three feet wide" "a river two miles broad" "broad shoulders" "a broad river"

Used in print

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

The magnetic_resonance absorption was detected by employing a Varian model **f broad line spectrometer and the associated 12 - inch electromagnet system .

(Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)

Left in their previous atom-like smallness , they would have cut_away too abruptly into depth ; and the broad , opaque shapes of pasted paper would have been isolated in such a way as to make them jump_out of plane .

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

At the end of a shaft_of_light , the pews appeared to be broad stairs in a long dungeon .

(William Maxwell, The Chateau....)

They had lunch at a sidewalk cafe overlooking the intersection of two broad , busy , unpicturesque streets , and coming home they got lost in the Metro ; it took them over an hour to get_back to the station where they should have changed , in_order to take the line that went to the Place_Redoute .

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

He found tepid water in a pitcher and a last bit of soap , and he lathered his face and stood stropping the razor on his broad leather belt , its buckle held firm by a knob of the bedpost .

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[ adjective ] 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 "wide powers"

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

Though his character is broader and more comically rounded than the don , he gives it a firmness and toughness - a sort_of peasant dignity - too .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

There is a broad spectrum of organisms from which selection for a specified military purpose might be made .

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

Those antisera shown by immunoelectrophoresis to be of the `` broad spectrum '' type were selected for used in the present study .

(Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)

Beyond the aesthetic and technical aspects of this expansion we must consider the change in pottery style on broader lines .

Related terms

comprehensive

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[ adjective ] 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 wid

Related terms

comprehensive

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[ adjective ] not detailed or specific

Synonyms

unspecific

Examples

"a broad rule" "the broad outlines of the plan" "felt an unspecific dread"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

A_few years ago a `` Timex All Star Jazz Show '' offered a broad range of styles , ranging from Lionel_Hampton 's big_band to the free-wheeling Dukes_of_Dixieland .

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

Those accustomed to broader , more romantic statements of the symphony can be expected to react strongly when they hear this one .

Related terms

general

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[ adjective ] lacking subtlety; obvious

Synonyms

unsubtle

Examples

"gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"

Used in print

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

He was a wiry , inscrutable , silent country boy from the red_clay of rural Alabama , and he spoke with the broad drawl that others normally make_fun of .

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

The remarks she made about the sufferings of a lonely woman seemed so broad at_first that he did n't know what to make_of them , but after the sixth drink he put his arm around her and suggested that they go upstairs and look_for her checkbook there .

Related terms

clear

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[ adjective ] being at a peak or culminating point

Synonyms

full

Examples

"broad day" "full summer" "high noon"

Used in print

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

He had spent two hours riding around the ranch that morning , and in broad daylight it was even less inviting than Judith_Pierce had made it seem .

Related terms

high

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[ adjective ] very large in expanse or scope

Synonyms

spacious wide

Examples

"a broad lawn" "the wide plains" "a spacious view" "spacious skies"

Related terms

large

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[ adjective ] showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

Examples

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

Related terms

broad-minded

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[ adjective ] showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

Synonyms

liberal tolerant

Examples

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

Related terms

broad-minded

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 19787
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[ adjective ] (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional

Examples

"a broad southern accent"

Related terms

noticeable

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[ noun ] slang term for a woman

Examples

"a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"

Related terms

woman

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