broaden
See also: Broaden
English edit
Etymology edit
From broad + -en (verbal suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔː.dən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔ.dən/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɑ.dən/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbɹoː.dən/
- Rhymes: -ɔːdən
Verb edit
broaden (third-person singular simple present broadens, present participle broadening, simple past and past participle broadened)
- (transitive) To make broad or broader.
- (intransitive) To become broad or broader.
- Synonym: widen
- The roads gradually broadened as we drove into the countryside.
- Her knowledge broadened after spending a year in South America.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to make broad
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to become broad
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