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English to English adjective
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having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other |  | Example: wide roads
a wide necktie
wide margins
three feet wide
a river two miles broad
broad shoulders
a broad river
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Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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broad in scope or content | | Example: 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
granted him wide powers
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not detailed or specific | | Example: a broad rule
the broad outlines of the plan
felt an unspecific dread
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lacking subtlety; obvious | | Example: gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave
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being at a peak or culminating point | | Example: broad daylight
full summer
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very large in expanse or scope | | Example: a broad lawn
the wide plains
a spacious view
spacious skies
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(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional | | Example: a broad southern accent
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showing or characterized by broad-mindedness | | Example: a broad political stance
generous and broad sympathies
a liberal newspaper
tolerant of his opponent's opinions
source: wordnet30 noun
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slang term for a woman | | Example: a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch
source: wordnet30
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The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar. | | source: webster1913
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