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Word entry · 5 letters

broad

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"Wide-ranging"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /bɹɔːd/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted abdorStarts with BEnds with D1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

Word origin

From Middle English brood, brode, from Old English brād (“broad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide, ample, copious”), from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz (“broad, wide”), of uncertain origin.

Used in a sentence

  • three feet broad
  • the broad expanse of ocean
  • Julia Farrington, head of arts at Index on Censorship, argues that extra powers to ban violent videos online will "end up too broad and open to misapplication, which would damage freedom of expression".

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