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Definition broad in American English

broad adjective

adjective
/brɔd/
1

wide

Example

He was of medium height, but had very broad shoulders.

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a broad shady path

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With a broad sweep of his arm, he indicated the town below us.

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The road passed through a broad expanse of flooded fields.

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1.1

a broad smile is very wide, showing that a person is very happy

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Example

I meet a broad range of people in my job.

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Our radio station plays a broad spectrum of popular music.

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The party is now struggling to maintain a broad political base.

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The new TV show has broad appeal.

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Tropical diseases fall into two broad categories.

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3

if there is broad agreement about something, most people agree about it in a general way, even if they do not agree on all its details

Example

There is now a broad consensus that the president was right about this.

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3.1

expressed in a general way, without many details

Example

We need to define a broad strategy for future development.

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We support the broad aims which underlie this Bill.

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This chapter can only give a broad outline of the subject.

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It's conservative, in the broadest sense of the word.

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You make too many broad generalizations about people.

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4

a broad accent (=way of speaking) is very noticeable and typical of the area you come from, and may be difficult to understand

Example

a broad southern accent

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4.1

a broad hint is an instance in which you let someone know something in an obvious way without telling them directly

Example

He was giving us a broad hint about what he'd bought her.

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Definition broad in American English