broad

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

broader

Superlative

broadest

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

broads

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Wide in extent or scope.

   • To meet it, pro-democracy organizations, universities and law firms must bravely speak up against abuses of power while building the broadest possible coalition to stand up for fundamental rights.
   • Julia Farrington, head of arts at Index on Censorship, argues that extra powers to ban violent videos online will "end up too broad and open to misapplication, which would damage freedom of expression".

2. 2.Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

3. 3.Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.

4. 4.Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

   • The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.

2. 2.A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

3. 3.A kind of floodlight.

   • Light bounced from large white surfaces (e.g., matte reflector boards, or a white ceiling). Floodlights include scoops, broads, floodlight, banks, internally reflected units, strip lights, and cyclorama lights.

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Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

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Literature

Rare

Antonyms

• narrow

Synonyms

• wide

Word family

• broadcast