breadth
US: /ˈbɹɛdθ/
UK: /bɹˈɛdθ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
breadth /bredθ/- danh từ
- bề ngang, bề rộng
- khổ (vải)
- sự rông rãi, sự phóng khoáng (quan điểm, tư tưởng...)
- of view: quan điểm rộng rãi
- to a hair's breadth
- đúng, chính xác
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U, C]1 (also broadness) the distance or measurement from one side to the other; how BROAD or wide sth is
Synonym: WIDTH
She estimated the breadth of the lake to be 500 metres.
Compare: LENGTH
2 a wide range (of knowledge, interests, etc.): He was surprised at her breadth of reading. + The curriculum needs breadth and balance. + a new political leader whose breadth of vision (= willingness to accept new ideas) can persuade others to change
Idioms see LENGTH
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 width, wideness, broadness, beam, span, spread, thickness:
The breadth of the cloth is 54in.
2 extent, magnitude, degree, amount, scope, expanse, range, area, depth, detail:
I like the breadth of coverage of the six o'clock news.
3 liberality, largeness, catholicity, latitude:
Great breadth of vision was exhibited in the conference papers.
Collocation
1 distance between two sides of sth
PREP.
in ~
The pool is 5 metres in breadth.
PHRASES
the length and breadth of sth
He travels the length and breadth of (= all over)the country.
2 great extent or variety
ADJ.
full, great, sheer
PHRASES
breadth of experience
I need a greater breadth of experience.
| breadth of interest/knowledge/understanding, breadth of mind, breadth of vision
Concise dictionary
breadthsbredθnoun
+the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
+the extent of something from side to side
