breadth

/bredθ/

Thân thiện

A teacher's breadth of knowledge helps students understand many topics.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The distance or measurement from side to side of something; width: The extent of an object or area across its widest part.
   • Wide range or extent of something: The quality of involving or covering many different things, ideas, or subjects.
   • Largeness or liberality of views or treatment: The capacity for broad-mindedness or comprehensiveness in thought.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The breadth of the river made it difficult to swim across. (The width of the river made it difficult to swim across.)
  • Her academic work shows an impressive breadth of understanding. (Her academic work shows an impressive wide range of understanding.)
  • We need to consider the problem in its full breadth. (We need to consider the problem in its full scope or extent.)

Advanced Usage

• "The length and breadth of...": Used to emphasize that something covers the entire area or extent of a place.
  • He traveled the length and breadth of the country. (He traveled across the entire country.)
• "By a hair's breadth": By a very small margin; very narrowly.
  • The car missed the pedestrian by a hair's breadth. (The car missed the pedestrian by a very small distance.)

Variants and Related Words

• Broad (adj): Having great extent from side to side; wide. Also used figuratively to mean extensive or liberal.
  • They walked down a broad avenue.
  • She has a broad knowledge of history.
• Breadthways / Breadthwise (adv): In the direction of the breadth; sideways.
  • Cut the fabric breadthwise.

Synonyms

• Width: The measurement or extent of something from side to side.
• Scope: The extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant.
• Range: The area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.

Related Phrases

• Breadth of mind: Intellectual openness and tolerance.
  • His breadth of mind allowed him to appreciate diverse cultures.
• Breadth of experience: A wide variety of experiences.
  • The job requires a great breadth of experience in management.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the extent of something from side to side
2. the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
   • a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject
   • a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views

Từ đồng nghĩa

• width
• comprehensiveness
• largeness