broad·en

[brawd-n]
verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
to become or make broad.

Origin:
1720–30; broad + -en1

o·ver·broad·en, verb
re·broad·en, verb
un·broad·ened, adjective


extend, expand, enlarge, widen; enlighten, inform, educate; sophisticate.
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broaden (ˈbrɔːdən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
to make or become broad or broader; widen

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Broaden is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

broaden
1727, from broad + -en (1). The word seems no older than this date (discovered by Johnson in one of Thomson's season poems); broadened also is first found in the same poet, and pp. adj. broadening is recorded from 1850.
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Example sentences
The aim should be to reform and broaden the tax base.
Their trip was designed to broaden students' experience, not indoctrinate them.
The tests were created to broaden the pool of talent open to the colleges, and
  that is what the testers say they still do.
We have many opportunities to deepen and broaden our cooperation.
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