broad

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Very wide.

   The house had a broad lawn at the front.

2. 2
   adj

   Covering a wide range of things; general rather than detailed.

   The course gives you a broad understanding of the subject.

3. 3
   adj

   (of an accent) strong and clearly showing where someone is from.

   She spoke with a broad southern accent.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad 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. Cognates Cognate with Yola brode (“broad”), North Frisian bread, breeđ, briad, briid, briidj (“wide”), Saterland Frisian and West Frisian breed (“broad, wide”), Bavarian brad, broad (“broad, wide”), Central Franconian and Luxembou…

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