noun [U,C]
1 (also broadness) the distance or measurement from one side to the other; how BROAD or wide sth is
SYNWIDTH:
She estimated the breadth of the lake to be 500 metres.
compareLENGTH
2 a wide range (of knowledge, interests, etc.):
He was surprised at her breadth of reading. * The curriculum needs breadth and balance. * a new political leader whose breadth of vision (= willingness to accept new ideas) can persuade others to change
IDIOMS see LENGTH
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for breadth is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does breadth appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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