breadth

CEFRB2

/bɹɛdθ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The distance from one side to the other; width.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A piece of fabric of standard width.

Examples

  • Divide its length and breadth by ten.

  • He escaped being run over by a hair's breadth.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /bɹɛtθ/
  • /bɹɛθ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.

  2. The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.

  3. A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.

More examples

In context

  • We escaped death by a hair's breadth.

  • The breadth of the corridor is 4.5 metres.

  • expand one’s breadth of marketing

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”).