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Meaning of broad


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  broad
      adj 1: 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" [syn: {wide}, {broad}] [ant:
             {narrow}]
      2: 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 powers" [syn: {across-the-
         board}, {all-embracing}, {all-encompassing}, {all-inclusive},
         {blanket(a)}, {broad}, {encompassing}, {extensive},
         {panoptic}, {wide}]
      3: not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines
         of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread" [syn: {broad},
         {unspecific}]
      4: lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was
         time to leave" [syn: {broad}, {unsubtle}]
      5: being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full
         summer" [syn: {broad(a)}, {full(a)}]
      6: very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide
         plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [syn: {broad},
         {spacious}, {wide}]
      7: (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad
         southern accent"
      8: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad
         political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a
         liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
         [syn: {broad}, {large-minded}, {liberal}, {tolerant}]
      n 1: slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a
           mean punch"


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