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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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