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breadth    Audio Help   [bredth, bretth, breth] Pronunciation Key
–noun
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 or restraint; liberality: a person with great breadth of view.
4.size in general; extent.
5.Art. a broad or general effect due to subordination of details or nonessentials.

[Origin: 1515–25; earlier bredeth, equiv. to brede breadth (ME; OE brǣdu, equiv. to brǣd-, mutated var. of brād broad + -u n. suffix) + -th1; akin to G Breite, Goth braidei]

breadthless, adjective

3. latitude, impartiality, open-mindedness. 4. scope, range, reach, compass, span.
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breadth    Audio Help   (brědth)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The measure or dimension from side to side; width.
  2. A piece usually produced in a standard width: a breadth of canvas.
    1. Wide range or scope: breadth of knowledge.
    2. Tolerance; broadmindedness: a jurist of great breadth and wisdom.
  3. An effect of unified, encompassing vision in an artistic composition.


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

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
breadth 
1523, alteration of brede "breadth," from O.E. bræd, probably by analogy with long/length.

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breadth

noun
1. 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" 
2. the extent of something from side to side [syn: width

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
breadth1 [bredθ] noun
width; size from side to side
Example: the breadth of a table
Arabic: عرْض(عكس الطول)
Chinese (Simplified): 宽度
Chinese (Traditional): 寬度
Czech: šířka
Danish: bredde; vidde
Dutch: breedte
Estonian: laius
Finnish: leveys
French: largeur
German: die Breite
Greek: πλάτος
Hungarian: szélesség
Icelandic: breidd
Indonesian: ukuran lebar
Italian: larghezza
Japanese:
Korean:
Latvian: platums
Lithuanian: plotis
Norwegian: bredde
Polish: szerokość
Portuguese (Brazil): largura
Portuguese (Portugal): largura
Romanian: lăţime
Russian: ширина
Slovak: šírka
Slovenian: širina
Spanish: anchura
Swedish: bredd, vidd
Turkish: genişlik
breadth2 [bredθ] noun
scope or extent
Example: breadth of outlook
Arabic: سعة الصدر، مدى
Chinese (Simplified): 广度
Chinese (Traditional): 廣度或范圍
Czech: šíře
Danish: tolerance; udsyn
Dutch: ruimte
Estonian: ulatus
Finnish: laajuus
French: largeur, ampleur
German: die Größe
Greek: εύρος
Hungarian: széles látókör
Icelandic: yfirgrip, víðsÿni
Indonesian: luas
Italian: ampiezza
Japanese: 広さ
Korean: 넓이, 크기
Latvian: plašums
Lithuanian: platumas
Norwegian: toleranse; vidsyn
Polish: szerokość
Portuguese (Brazil): amplitude
Portuguese (Portugal): amplitude
Romanian: lăr­gime, amploare
Russian: широта
Slovak: rozsah
Slovenian: širina
Spanish: extensión
Swedish: synvidd
Turkish: kapsam
breadth3 [bredθ] noun
a distance equal to the width (of a swimming-pool etc)
Arabic: مساحة تساوي عرْض الشيء
Chinese (Simplified):
Chinese (Traditional):
Czech: šířka
Danish: bredde
Dutch: breedte
Estonian: laius
Finnish: leveys
French: largeur
German: die Breite
Greek: απόσταση ίση με το πλάτος (π.χ. μιας πισίνας)
Hungarian: belvilág
Icelandic: breidd
Indonesian: lebar
Italian: larghezza
Japanese: 横幅
Korean: 너비
Latvian: platums
Lithuanian: plotis
Norwegian: bredde
Polish: zasięg, rozpiętość, szerokość
Portuguese (Brazil): largura
Portuguese (Portugal): largura
Romanian: lăţime
Russian: ширина
Slovak: šírka
Slovenian: širina
Spanish: anchura
Swedish: bredd, vidd
Turkish: en
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