breadth

breadth

wide scope; width: she measured the breadth of the fabric

Not to be confused with:

breath – respiration; a stirring of air: a breath of spring

breathe – to inhale and exhale air: breathe deeply now; to be alive; to whisper: Don’t breathe a word of this to your mother.

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breadth

 (brĕdth)

n.

1. The measure or dimension from side to side; width.

2. A piece usually produced in a standard width: a breadth of canvas.

3.

a. Wide range or scope: breadth of knowledge.

b. Tolerance; broadmindedness: a jurist of great breadth and wisdom.

4. An effect of unified, encompassing vision in an artistic composition.

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[Middle English bredth, breth, alteration (on the model of length, length) of brede, from Old English brǣd.]

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breadth

(brɛdθ; brɛtθ)

n

1. the linear extent or measurement of something from side to side; width

2. (Textiles) a piece of fabric having a standard or definite width

3. distance, extent, size, or dimension

4. openness and lack of restriction, esp of viewpoint or interest; liberality

[C16: from obsolete brēde (from Old English brǣdu, from brād broad) + -th¹; related to Gothic braidei, Old High German breitī]

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breadth

(brɛdθ, brɛtθ, brɛθ)

n.

1. the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width.

2. an extent or piece of something of definite or full width or as measured by its width: a breadth of cloth.

3. freedom from narrowness, as of viewpoint or interests.

4. size in general; extent; scope.

[1515–25; earlier bredeth]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	breadth - the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views" largeness, comprehensiveness intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience capaciousness, roominess - intellectual breadth; "the very capaciousness of the idea meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary"; "his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess"
	2.	breadth - the extent of something from side to side width dimension - the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) broadness, wideness - the property of being wide; having great width beam - (nautical) breadth amidships narrowness - the property of being narrow; having little width; "the narrowness of the road"

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breadth

noun

1. width, spread, beam, span, latitude, broadness, wideness The breadth of the whole camp was 400 metres.

2. extent, area, reach, range, measure, size, scale, spread, sweep, scope, magnitude, compass, expanse, vastness, amplitude, comprehensiveness, extensiveness The breadth of his knowledge filled me with admiration.

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breadth

noun

The extent of something from side to side:

broadness, wideness, width.

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Translations

سعة الصدر، مدىعرْضمساحة تساوي عرْض الشيء

šířkašíře

breddetoleranceudsynvidde

BreiteGröße

φάρδος

anchuraanchoamplitud

largeurtailleampleur

belvilágszéles látókör

breiddyfirgrip, víîsÿni

larghezzavasca

platumasplotis

plašumsplatums

breedte

breddetoleransevidsyn

ширина

širina

engenişlikkapsam

宽度广度横范围

breadth

[bretθ] N

1. (= width) → anchura f, ancho m
to be two metres in breadth → tener dos metros de ancho

2. (fig) [of experience, knowledge] → amplitud f

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breadth

[ˈbrɛdθ ˈbrɛtθ] n

(= dimension) → largeur f

[knowledge, experience] → étendue f
the length and breadth of sth (= throughout) → d'un bout à l'autre de qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

breadth

n → Breite f; (of ideas, theory) → (Band)breite f; a hundred metres (Brit) or meters (US) in breadth → hundert Meter breit; his breadth of outlook (= open-mindedness) → seine große Aufgeschlossenheit; (= variety of interests) → seine große Vielseitigkeit; the breadth of his comprehension → sein umfassendes Verständnis

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breadth

[brɛtθ] n (also) (fig) → larghezza
to be 2 metres in breadth → misurare 2 metri di larghezza, essere largo/a 2 metri

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breadth

(bredθ) noun

1. width; size from side to side. the breadth of a table. wydte عرْض(عكس الطول) широчина largura šířka die Breite bredde; vidde πλάτοςanchura laius پهنا leveys largeurרוחב चौड़ाई širina szélesség ukuran lebar breidd larghezza 幅 폭, 넓이 plotis platums lebar breedtebreddeszerokość پنډوالی، سور ، ارتوالی largura lăţime ширина šírka širina širina bredd, vidd ความกว้าง genişlik 寬度 ширина چوڑائی bề rộng 宽度

2. scope or extent. breadth of outlook. omvang سعة الصدر، مدى обхват amplitude šíře die Größe tolerance; udsyn εύροςextensión ulatus وسعت؛ دامنه laajuus largeur, ampleurגודל, עצמה विस्तार širokogrudnost széles látókör luas yfirgrip, víðsÿni ampiezza 広さ 범위 platumas plašums keluasan ruimtetoleranse; vidsynszerokość پراخوالی amplitude lăr­gime, amploare широта rozsah širina prostiranje synvidd ขอบเขต kapsam 廣度或範圍 широта; широчінь وسعتِ نظر phạm vi 广度，范围

3. a distance equal to the width (of a swimming-pool etc). breedte مساحة تساوي عرْض الشيء ширина largura šířka die Breite bredde απόσταση ίση με το πλάτος (π.χ. μιας πισίνας) anchura laius عرض ulottuvuus largeur מֵרחָק הַזֶהֶה לְאוֹרֵך בְּרֵיכָה विस्तार opseg belvilág lebar breidd larghezza 横幅 일정한 너비 plotis platums bidang breedtebreddezasięg, rozpiętość, szerokość سور largura lăţime ширина šírka širina širina bredd, vidd ความกว้าง en (泳池等)與寬度等長的距離 ширина چوڑائی کا فاصلہ bề ngang 横

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