The adjective broad boasts an extensive you might even say broad array of subtly different meanings including wide, spacious, far reaching, vague, and unsubtle.
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow;
Noun
slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
Adjective S.
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent''s opinions"
Adjective S.
lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
Adjective S.
broad in scope or content; "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 wide
Adjective S.
not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"
Adjective S.
(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent"
Adjective S.
very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
Adjective
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
superl.
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; --
opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
superl.
Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad
expanse of ocean.
superl.
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
superl.
Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality;
not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining
the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending
largely on the substantive.
superl.
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
superl.
Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
superl.
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
superl.
Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
superl.
Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a
broad joke; broad humor.
superl.
Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
n.
The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
n.
The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
n.
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of
cylinders.
Broad
A broad mixture of falsehood.
The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way.6.
As broad and general as the casing air.8.
It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them.
Broad
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow;
The broad part of anything;
Usage Examples
As an American, you have a right to good health care that is effective, accessible, and affordable, that serves you from infancy through old age, that allows you to go to practitioners and facilities of your choosing, and that offers a broad range of therapeutic options.
Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing.
I always wanted to be a zookeeper when I was growing up, and I've wound up a zookeeper! I've been working with the Los Angeles Zoo for 45 years! I'm the luckiest old broad on two feet because my life is divided absolutely in half - half animals and half show business. You can't ask for better than two things you love the most.
A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.
I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul, Motown, jazz, Frank Sinatra, everything.
I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this country is not a trend towards the future but a reaction to this very broad shift that we are undergoing.
I think how pay gets determined is pretty broad - experience, how people look, what they bring to the job. But there's no question women are paid less. Women don't ask.
If freedom's best friends cannot unify around a realistic, actionable program of fundamental change, one that attracts and persuades a broad majority of our fellow citizens, big change will not come.
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Other Usage ExamplesI think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in constitutional, limited government. And so they're not one group of people. They're thousands of small groups all over the country.
Americans want and deserve a broad array of health insurance choices so they can identify those that best fit their own individual or family needs. These choices expand when we allow free enterprise to foster innovation, not smother it with taxes and one-size fits all ideology.
I think Canadian humor is a little less broad than American humor.
A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.
Here's the thing about movies, all movies end up on television. That's their life. Whether you like it or not, I don't care how much money you spend on it, or how big or broad the film is, or who the actors are in it, eventually it's all coming out of the box.
India is a global power and an important partner with whom we are building an intense, broad and enduring relationship.
I pick projects according to how fascinating they are to me, and it has resulted in a broad reach. My records are actually in five different sports: balloons, airplanes, airships, gliders, and sailboats.
I think the success of democracy is not really police security it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.
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