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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
Irving Babbitt

Meaning of "breadth" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BREADTH

From obsolete brēde (from Old English brǣdu, from brādbroad) + -th1; related to Gothic braidei, Old High German breitī.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BREADTH

breadth  [brɛdθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BREADTH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Breadth is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BREADTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Length

In geometric measurements, length is the longest dimension of an object. In the International System of Quantities, length is any quantity with dimension distance. In other contexts "length" is the measured dimension of an object. For example it is possible to cut a length of a wire which is shorter than wire thickness. Length may be distinguished from height, which is vertical extent, and width or breadth, which are the distance from side to side, measuring across the object at right angles to the length. Length is a measure of one dimension, whereas area is a measure of two dimensions and volume is a measure of three dimensions. In most systems of measurement, the unit of length is a fundamental unit, from which other units are defined. The metric length of one kilometre is equivalent to the imperial measurement of 0.62137 miles.

Definition of breadth in the English dictionary

The first definition of breadth in the dictionary is the linear extent or measurement of something from side to side; width. Other definition of breadth is a piece of fabric having a standard or definite width. Breadth is also distance, extent, size, or dimension.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BREADTH


fingerbreadth
ˈfɪŋɡəˌbrɛdθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BREADTH

breadbox
breadcrumb
breaded
breadfruit
breadhead
breadknife
breadknives
breadless
breadline
breadnut
breadroom
breadroot
breadstick
breadsticks
breadstuff
breadthways
breadthwise
breadwinner
breadwinning
bready

WORDS THAT END LIKE BREADTH

bandwidth
finger´s breadth
footbreadth
hair´s breadth
hair´s-breadth
handbreadth
hand´s-breadth
hundredth
myriadth
set width
thousandth
width

Synonyms and antonyms of breadth in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BREADTH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «breadth» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of breadth

Translation of «breadth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BREADTH

Find out the translation of breadth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of breadth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «breadth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

宽度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anchura
570 millions of speakers

English

breadth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चौड़ाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اتساع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ширина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

largura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

largeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Luasnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Breite
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

너비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ombone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bề rộng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அகலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रुंदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

genişlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

larghezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szerokość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ширина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lățime
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εύρος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

breedte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bredd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bredde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of breadth

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BREADTH»

The term «breadth» is very widely used and occupies the 22.937 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of breadth
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «breadth».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BREADTH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «breadth» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «breadth» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about breadth

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10 QUOTES WITH «BREADTH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word breadth.
1
Irving Babbitt
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
2
Venerable Bede
Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey.
3
Yochai Benkler
Seeing Anonymous primarily as a cybersecurity threat is like analyzing the breadth of the antiwar movement and 1960s counterculture by focusing only on the Weathermen.
4
Howard Berman
Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and privacy.
5
Amy Bloom
For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.
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Margaret Cho
If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.
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Nicholas A. Christakis
It is time to create new social science departments that reflect the breadth and complexity of the problems we face as well as the novelty of 21st-century science. These would include departments of biosocial science, network science, neuroeconomics, behavioral genetics and computational social science.
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Georges Clemenceau
A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.
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Placido Domingo
We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BREADTH»

Discover the use of breadth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to breadth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Freedom by a Hair's Breadth: Tsimihety in Madagascar
This book describes how an obscure people, the Tsimihety, secured and maintained their freedom from political and cultural domination that began, from within Madagascar, in 1820 and continued through a colonial period to the present day.
Peter J. Wilson, 1992
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The Complete Guide to Market Breadth Indicators: How to ...
All serious technicians will want this book on their shelves." --John Sweeney, Former Technical Editor, Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities "This is clearly the definitive work on breadth.
Gregory Morris, 2006
3
Civil Engineering PE Practice Exams: Breadth and Depth
Presented in the Breadth and Depth format of the actual exam, this comprehensive guide is filled with hundreds of realistic practice questions based on the Principles and Practice of Civil Engineering (PE-CIVIL) exam, given by the National ...
Indranil Goswami, 2012
4
Ten Myths About Calvinism: Recovering the Breadth of the ...
Ten Myths About Calvinism is sure to enrich both promoters and detractors, students and scholars.
Kenneth J. Stewart, 2011
5
Anthropometric Standards for the Assessment of Growth and ...
Elbow Breadth To measure elbow breadth, two instruments are available: (1) an anthropometric sliding caliper, and (2) the Frameter. Sliding Caliper. A broad- faced sliding caliper is recommended for measuring elbow breadth. The subject's  ...
A. Roberto Frisancho, 1990
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Breadth and Depth of Semantic Lexicons
This book presents a first attempt in the community to address both issues: content and coverage of computational semantic lexicons, in a thorough manner.
E. Viegas, 2010
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Civil Engineering All-In-One PE Exam Guide: Breadth and ...
Detailed and comprehensive, this book serves as both a complete certification exam guide and an essential on-the-job reference.
Indranil Goswami, 2009
8
Data structures in C++ including breadth and laboratories
Other aids to learning include Programming Projects, over 1,000 exercises, and numerous figures. Laboratory programs and data files, data structure implementations, and program examples from the text are available via the World Wide Web.
Angela B. Shiflet, Robert Martin, 1996
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Computer science: a breadth-first approach with Pascal
This introduction to computer science blends basic computing concepts with Pascal programming.
Paul A. Nagin, John Impagliazzo, 1995
10
The McGraw-Hill Civil Engineering Pe Exam Guide: Breadth and ...
This is the essential, first-choice study partner of civil engineers who want to become a registered Professional Engineer (PE) * The book's "breadth" exam material is comprised of exam-passing tips and techniques; sample work problems; and ...
R Dodge Woodson, (Ro, Kim Griffin, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BREADTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term breadth is used in the context of the following news items.
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Declining market breadth is a troubling sign
Breadth refers to how widely stocks are participating in the moves of the broad stock indexes. Over the past year, while major indexes ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
2
Bomb blamed on Boko Haram kills 20 in northern Nigeria
... including mosques and churches as Islamic extremists Boko Haram extend the breadth and tempo of attacks that have killed some 300 people in a week. «WMC Action News 5, Jul 15»
3
Sensex ends 37 points down ahead of euro zone meet, Nifty above …
The BSE Smallcap index cut morning gains to close modestly higher. Market breadth though remained positive, with six of every 10 BSE stocks ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
4
Heimsness: LeRoy artist ready to bring breadth of experience to …
Heimsness: LeRoy artist ready to bring breadth of experience to festival. Published 9:16am Sunday, July 5, 2015. Email This Post · Comments ... «Austin Herald, Jul 15»
5
Strong market breadth
The market breadth indicating the overall health of the market was strong. On BSE, 1,484 shares rose and 790 shares fell. A total of 117 shares ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
6
Coping With Bad Market Breadth
Perma-bulls on the major networks routinely gloss over the reduction in stock market breadth. For example, 60% of the Dow 30 components ... «ETF Trends, Jul 15»
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Depth, breadth and music knowledge will be key to the success of …
In an interview with The Loop, Apple SVP Eddy Cue and Beats founder Jimmy Iovine said that depth, breadth and musical knowledge would ... «9 to 5 Mac, Jun 15»
8
Weak Breadth Increases Market Risk
Over the past few days various measures of breadth have show quite a bit of weakness. As I noted in this post, large market declines come ... «Investing.com, Jun 15»
9
Market Breadth: New Highs Vs. Lows
Today's chart of the day focuses on US stock market breadth. The chart above shows long term US stock market breadth on the New York Stock ... «Investing.com, Jun 15»
10
'I know the heart and breadth of electorate' - ALP candidate
Mrs Neaton knows the heart and breadth of Capricornia, having been born and bred in Rockhampton. She attended Allenstown State School ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Jun 15»

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