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English

Noun

  1. the extent or measure of how broad or wide something is
  2. a piece of fabric of standard width
  3. scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill


Synonyms

  • (extent or measure of how broad something is): width
  • (piece of fabric of standard width):
  • (scope or range): extent, range, scope, size


Derived terms

Translations

fr:breadth io:breadth hu:breadth ja:breadth ta:breadth te:breadth vi:breadth zh:breadth

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Breadth \Breadth\ (br[e^]dth), n. [OE. brede, breede, whence
later bredette, AS. br[=ae]du, fr. br[=a]d broad. See
Broad, a.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Distance from side to side of any surface or thing;
measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Fine Arts) The quality of having the colors and shadows
broad and massive, and the arrangement of objects such as
to avoid to great multiplicity of details, producing an
impression of largeness and simple grandeur; -- called
also breadth of effect.

Breadth of coloring is a prominent character in the
painting of all great masters. --Weale.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet breadth
n 1: an ability to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher
must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject" [syn: comprehensiveness]
2: the extent of something from side to side [syn: width]
Moby Dictionary
acreage , amount , amplitude , area , beam , bigness , body , broad gauge ,
broad-mindedness , broadness , bulk , caliber , catholicity , compass ,
comprehensiveness , continuum , cosmopolitanism , coverage , degree ,
depth , detail , diameter , dimension , dimensions , distance ,
ecumenicalism , ecumenicism , ecumenicity , ecumenism , emptiness ,
empty space , expanse , expansion , extension , extent , field ,
fullness , galactic space , gamut , gauge , girth , greatness , height ,
infinite space , interstellar space , large-mindedness , largeness ,
latitude , length , liberality , magnitude , mass , measure ,
measurement , noninsularity , nothingness , orbit , outer space ,
proportion , proportions , radius , range , reach , scale , scope , size ,
space , spacious mind , span , spatial extension , sphere , spread ,
stretch , superficial extension , surface , sweep , thickness , tract ,
unbigotedness , unhideboundness , unparochialism , unprovincialism ,
void , volume , wide-mindedness , wideness , width


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