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# broad

«broad» in Mova's school dictionary: **wide from one side to the other** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (broad, broader, broadest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Broad means wide from one side to the other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/#m1)

2) Broad means including many different things, general rather than detailed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/#m2)

3) «In broad daylight» means openly, in full daylight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/#m3)

4) A broad accent is strong and easy to notice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography a broad river or valley is wide. In lessons a «broad idea» or «broad topic» is general, not narrow. In stories a strong man has broad shoulders and a thief steals «in broad daylight». Phrases: broad shoulders, broad smile, in broad daylight, broad range, broadly speaking.

### examples

- The river is broad near the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/#x1)
- He has broad shoulders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/#x2)
- She gave a broad smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/#x3)
- Science is a broad subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/#x4)
- The bike was stolen in broad daylight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/#x5)
- The library has a broad range of books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/#x6)
- He speaks with a broad Scottish accent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/#x7)
- “How did you get such broad broad shoulders?” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/#x8)

### note

Pronounced «brawd». Opposite: narrow. «Broad» and «wide» are close: «wide» is more common for measured size (two metres wide); «broad» often goes with body parts and ideas. Noun: breadth. Do not say «a broad of the river» — say «the width».

### In the corpora

- [A platypus has a broad flat tail, and a koala has only a tiny stump of a tail hidden in its fur.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right/9/)
- [«A broad glistening muzzle showed itself above the edge of the bank, and the Otter hauled himself out».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/15/)
- [Sunscreen of SPF 30 or more, broad-spectrum, goes on about 20 minutes before going out in summer sun.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun/14/)
- [Cacti store water in thick stems and have spines instead of broad leaves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/27-habitats-and-adaptations/10/)
- [And for the house he made windows broad within, and narrow without.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.192/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «broad» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broad/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.