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/brɔd/ 
| adjective | broad |
| comparative | broader |
| superlative | broadest |
- 1wide
He was of medium height, but had very broad shoulders.
a broad shady path
With a broad sweep of his arm, he indicated the town below us.
a broad expanse (=a wide area):The road passed through a broad expanse of flooded fields.
- 2including many different things or peoplea broad range/spectrum:
I meet a broad range of people in my job.
Our radio station plays a broad spectrum of popular music.
a broad base:The party is now struggling to maintain a broad political base.
broad appeal:The new TV show has broad appeal.
broad categories:Tropical diseases fall into two broad categories.
- 3if there is broad agreement about something, most people agree about it in a general way, even if they do not agree on all its details
There is now a broad consensus that the president was right about this.
- a.expressed in a general way, without many details
We need to define a broad strategy for future development.
broad aims:We support the broad aims which underlie this Bill.
a broad outline:This chapter can only give a broad outline of the subject.
in the broadest sense:It’s conservative, in the broadest sense of the word.
a broad generalization:You make too many broad generalizations about people.
phrases
in broad daylight
it’s as broad as it is long
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