breadth

wide scope; width: she measured the breadth of the fabric

Not to be confused with:

breath – respiration; a stirring of air: a breath of spring

breathe – to inhale and exhale air: breathe deeply now; to be alive; to whisper: Don’t breathe a word of this to your mother.

breadth

(brĕdth)

1. The measure or dimension from side to side; width.

2. A piece usually produced in a standard width: a breadth of canvas.

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)

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]

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breadth

(brɛdθ, brɛtθ, brɛθ)

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]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

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"

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"

breadth

noun

2. extent, area, reach, range, measure, size, scale, spread, sweep, scope, magnitude, compass, expanse, vastness, amplitude, comprehensiveness, extensiveness The breadth of his knowledge filled me with admiration.

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breadth

noun

The extent of something from side to side:

Translations

سعة الصدر، مدىعرْضمساحة تساوي عرْض الشيء

šířkašíře

breddetoleranceudsynvidde

belvilágszéles látókör

breiddyfirgrip, víîsÿni

platumasplotis

plašumsplatums

širina

breadth

[bretθ] N

2. (fig) [of experience, knowledge] → amplitud f

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breadth

[ˈbrɛdθ ˈbrɛtθ] n

[knowledge, experience] → étendue f
the length and breadth of sth (= throughout) → d'un bout à l'autre de qch

breadth

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breadth

(bredθ) noun

1. 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).