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How to pronounce broaden in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms extend, widen
Type of increase
Has types stretch, globalise, globalize, territorialise, territorialize
Verb group extend, expand


broaden your horizon.
Type Words
Synonyms branch out, diversify
Type of change, vary, alter
Type Words
Type of increase


The road broadened.
Type Words
Type of widen, extend


broaden the road.

Examples of broaden

broaden
You can change this to broaden it to, say, friends of friends, or even everyone.
From the online.wsj.com
Each aims to broaden the appeal of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, respectively.
From the cnn.com
Make a vow to broaden yourself by attending at least one literary event in 2010.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Some retailers may be looking to expand or broaden their presence in the Valley.
From the fresnobee.com
How to broaden the company's ethnic base without severing its traditional roots?
From the time.com
Carril convinced him to broaden his horizons, but Robinson had the coaching bug.
From the dailynews.com
Or are you looking to broaden your managerial horizons and see where you end up?
From the businessweek.com
At the same time, she has developed other themes in order to broaden her appeal.
From the economist.com
Instead, they must broaden their base into traditionally purple and blue states.
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More examples
  • Make broader; "broaden the road"
  • Widen: extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"
  • Diversify: vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"
  • (broadening) widening: the act of making something wider
  • (Broader) Hypernyms are more general nouns or verbs. Hypernymy is the inverse of hyponymy: "vehicle" has a broader sense than "car", while the sense of "ambulance" is narrower, so "ambulance" is a hyponym of "car", and "car" is a hypernym of "ambulance".
  • Verb. To enlarge, expand