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breadth.

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

7 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɹɛdθ//bɹɛtθ//bɹɛθ/
  1. The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.

    countable · uncountable
    The breadth of the corridor is 4.5 metres.
  2. A piece of fabric of standard width.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.

    countable · uncountable
    expand one’s breadth of marketing
  4. A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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”).

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