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WIDE ^|ij 1 wide % ift; F
M : a
broad street/ avenue/river % F (ft fk M / W It il / 'M 0 broad
shoulders o He is tall, broad and muscular.
o a broad smile/grin (= one in which
your mouth is stretched very wide because you are very pleased or amused) fiT-I-3 narrow 2 used after
a measurement of
distance to show how wide sth is ■■■% ( >7^7Sh?^lft
1111:7/7) : two metres broad
and one metre high
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WIDE RANGE FEE 3 including a great
variety of people
or thing's ) W; rfelft: a
broad range of products ###,#(ft/7i|pi 0 a
broad spectrum of interests F 0
There is broad support for
the government’s
policies. 77
0
She took a broad view of the duties
of being a teacher
(=
she believed her duties included a wide range of things). ^117*0 EOH narrow
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GENERAL 4 [only before noun]
general; not detailed
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M (ft; 7 W- £ft: the broad outline of a
proposal $17 (ft 71 ic 0 The
negotiators were in broad agreement on the main issues. ^ijft^ffl&7icIrIM ± (ft M J*1 AclfcfH [r] o 0 She’s a
feminist, in the broadest sense of the word. F XMW, o
In broad terms, the paper argues that each
country should develop its own policy.
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LAND/WATER 7 5
covering a wide area JflW (ft;
HflSl
(ft: a broad expanse of water —
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ACCENT n tf 6 if sb has a broad
accent, you can hear very easily which area they come from P i=f Sr (ft; ## $c|ft
FTTH STRONG
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HINT Bf 7 7 if sb gives a broad
hint, they make it very clear what they are thinking or what they want BJ
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HUMOUR ®|pc 8 (NAmE)
dealing with sex in an amusing
way ift ; \>X 03 $[#^44 (ft : The movie mixes
broad humor with romance.
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see also breadth, broadly o note at wide IRiH a broad church (BrE) an organization that
accepts a wide range of opinions F it (ft lil $3 (in) broad daylight (in) the clear light
of day, when it is easy to see 0 177) : The robbery occurred in broad
daylight, in a crowded street. 0 77
(ft--it’s as ,broad as it’s 'long {BrE, informal) it makes no real
difference which of two possible choices you make — more at
paint v.
m noun (old-fashioned, NAmE, slang) an offensive way of
referring to a woman ( Alftffif§jP¥ ) Hit broad-band /'broidbsend/ noun
[u] 1 (technical 7
in) signals that use a wide range of frequencies
% M ^ ; j11 i — compare narrowband 2 a way of connecting a computer to the
Internet, which allows you to receive information, including pictures, etc.,
very quickly ( S >177 ) ^ S : We have
broadband at home now. 0
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broad-'based
(also ,broadly-'based) adj. based on a wide
variety of people, things or ideas; not limited HTMllft; A»Jlft
,broad 'bean (BrE) (NAmE 'fava bean) noun a type of round, pale
green bean. Several broad
beans grow together inside a fat pod.
Sa .broad-'brush adj. [only before noun]
dealing with a subject or problem in a general way rather than considering
details f i gg 7 ; 7 4? A 7 : a
broad-brush approach
broad-cast /'bro:dka:st; NAmE-ksest/
verb, noun m verb (broad-cast,
broad-cast) 1
to send out programmes on television or radio Mil ( 0 ) ; F
I#: [VN] The concert will be broadcast
live (= at the
same time as it takes
place) tomorrow evening. 777 0 [V] They
began broadcasting in 1922. fM17 1922 2
[VN] to tell a lot of people about
sth |£4fj, ( ftH^p ) : I don’t like to broadcast
the
fact that my father owns
the company. 7