📖 Определения и значения для слова broad
📒 wide
- a broad street/avenue/river
- He's got broad shoulders.
- He is tall, broad and muscular.
📒 used after a measurement of distance to show how wide something is
- two metres broad and one metre high
- The wardrobe stands at one metre broad and two metres high.
📒 including a great variety of people or things
- a broad range of products
- The course caters for a broad spectrum of interests.
- There is broad support for the government's policies.
📒 general; not detailed
- the broad outline of a proposal
- The negotiators were in broad agreement on the main issues.
- She's a feminist, in the broadest sense of the word.
📒 covering a wide area
- a broad expanse of water
- the broad plains of the American West
📒 if somebody has a broad accent (= a way of pronouncing the words of a language), you can hear very easily which area they come from
- a broad Yorkshire accent
📒 if somebody gives a broad hint, they make it very clear what they are thinking or what they want
📒 dealing with sex in a way that makes people laugh
- The movie mixes broad humor with romance.
📒 an organization that accepts a wide range of opinions
- The party aims to be a broad church with members from all sections of society.
📒 (in) the clear light of day, when it is easy to see
- The robbery occurred in broad daylight, in a crowded street.
📒 it makes no real difference which of two possible choices you make
📒 to describe something in a general way, ignoring the details