breadth
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breadth
wide scope; width: she measured the breadth of the fabric
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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.
[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]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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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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" 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 dimension - the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) beam - (nautical) breadth amidships narrowness - the property of being narrow; having little width; "the narrowness of the road" |
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breadth
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Translations
سعة الصدر، مدىعرْضمساحة تساوي عرْض الشيء
šířkašíře
breddetoleranceudsynvidde
belvilágszéles látókör
breiddyfirgrip, víîsÿni
platumasplotis
plašumsplatums
širina
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
breadth
[brɛtθ] n (also) (fig) → larghezzato be 2 metres in breadth → misurare 2 metri di larghezza, essere largo/a 2 metri
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
breadth
(bredθ) noun1. width; size from side to side. the breadth of a table.
2. scope or extent. breadth of outlook.
3. a distance equal to the width (of a swimming-pool etc).
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