Breadth Meaning
/bɹɛdθ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.
nounA piece of fabric of standard width.
Sentence Examples
We escaped death by a hair's breadth.
Divide its length and breadth by ten.
He escaped being run over by a hair's breadth.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor's ____ of knowledge impressed even the most senior colleagues in the department.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the river was so great that we could not see the other side.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English bredthe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of brede ("breadth"; see bread). Equivalent to broad + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots bredth (“breadth”), Saterland Frisian Bratte (“breadth”), West Frisian breedte (“breadth”), Dutch breedte (“breadth”), German Low German Breddte, Breddt (“breadth”), German Breite (“breadth”), Danish bredde (“breadth”), Norwegian Bokmål bredde (“breadth”), Swedish bredd (“breadth”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The sledges of the Esquimaux are of large size, varying from six and a half to nine and even eleven feet in length, and from eighteen inches to two feet in breadth."
— 1873, Charles Tomlinson, chapter III, in Winter in the Arctic Regions and Summer in the Antarctic Regions, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OCLC, page 122:
""The breadth of this LPR system is spectacular and amounts to a warrantless search.""
— 2023 July 24, Chris Eberhart, “NY police used AI to track drivers on highways as attorney questions legality”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2023:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor's ____ of knowledge impressed even the most senior colleagues in the department.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the river was so great that we could not see the other side.