Definitions
scope for freedom of e.g.
action or thought; freedom from restriction
Word origin
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French latitude, from Latin lātitūdō (“breadth, width, latitude”), from lātus (“broad, wide”), from older stlātus. Possibly related with lateral, though this is uncertain.
Used in a sentence
“The oat is hardier than wheat, and ripens in higher latitudes.”
“Far from the center of Shang civilization, Wu-ch'eng is located well south of the Yangtze at approximately the same latitude as Ch'ang-sha in the west and Wen-chou in the east.”
“snow showers in the northerly latitudes”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Freedom to maneuver”8 letters
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