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  ( broader    comparative)   ( broadest    superlative  )
1       adj   Something that is broad is wide.,   (Antonym: narrow)    His shoulders were broad and his waist narrow..., The hills rise green and sheer above the broad river., ...a broad expanse of green lawn.     
2       adj   A broad smile is one in which your mouth is stretched very wide because you are very pleased or amused.  
usu ADJ n  
He greeted them with a wave and a broad smile.     
  broadly      adv  
Charles grinned broadly.     
3       adj   You use broad to describe something that includes a large number of different things or people.  
usu ADJ n   (=wide)     (Antonym: narrow)    A broad range of issues was discussed., ...a broad coalition of workers, peasants, students and middle class professionals.     
  broadly      adv   ADV with v  
This gives children a more broadly based education.     
4       adj   You use broad to describe a word or meaning which covers or refers to a wide range of different things.  
usu ADJ n   (=general)     (Antonym: narrow)    The term Wissenschaft has a much broader meaning than the English word `science'., ...restructuring in the broad sense of the word.     
  broadly      adv   ADV with v  
We define education very broadly and students can study any aspect of its consequences for society.     
5       adj   You use broad to describe a feeling or opinion that is shared by many people, or by people of many different kinds.  
ADJ n   (=widespread)     (Antonym: limited)    The agreement won broad support in the US Congress., ...a film with broad appeal.     
  broadly      adv   ADV with v  
The new law has been broadly welcomed by road safety organisations.     
6       adj   A broad description or idea is general rather than detailed.  
usu ADJ n   (=general)  
These documents provided a broad outline of the Society's development..., In broad terms, this means that the closer you live to a school, the more likely it is that your child will get a place there.     
  broadly      adv   ADV with v, ADV with cl/group  
There are, broadly speaking, three ways in which this is done..., Broadly, it makes connections between ideas about healing and how they link to plants.     
7       adj   A broad hint is a very obvious hint.  
ADJ n     (Antonym: subtle)    They've been giving broad hints about what to expect.     
  broadly      adv  
He hinted broadly that he would like to come.     
8       adj   A broad accent is strong and noticeable.  
...a Briton who spoke in a broad Yorkshire accent.     
9   
    broadly  
    in broad daylight  
    daylight  


broad bean        ( broad beans    plural  ) Broad beans are flat round beans that are light green in colour and are eaten as a vegetable.  
  (mainly BRIT)      n-count   usu pl  
in AM, use fava beans     
broad-brush      , broad brush  
A broad-brush approach, strategy, or solution deals with a problem in a general way rather than concentrating on details.      adj   usu ADJ n  
He's giving a broad brush approach to the subject.     
broad-minded      , broadminded  
If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.      adj  
  (approval, Antonym: narrow-minded)   
...a fair and broad-minded man.     
Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary  
Collaborative Dictionary     English Cobuild
exp.
to be unable to think for oneself
used in a condescending way
exp.
to be left in a state of confusion or uncertainty
exp.
to be likely to do something
banks set to miss lending targets
n.
[child] to be sent to a care organization run by the social services, or to be looked after by foster parents
exp.
to be staggering
Das ist ein Hammer!
v.
to be lost
he went missing my dog went missing for three days
adj.
able to be seen
[US] Ex.: the car in front of us was visible because we had the lights on
n.
To surmount, to be victorious
adj.
to be gutsy means to have guts
to be gutsy: avoir du cran
adj.
not able to be mixed or combined
abbr. acron.
Short for "to be honest".
[Fam.]
exp.
not to be able to act like a man, be a pussy
slang
v.
to be filled beyond regular capacity; a garment like trousers you're wearing and bursting at the seams (whether because they shrank in the wash or you gained weight) would be a perfect literal example of this idiom and figuratively, it means: to be beyond full.
[Fig.] The initially intimate celebration Forrest had organised was soon flooded with unexpected guests; his small house burst at the seams and ended up getting wildly trashed
v.
A culture of internet only jobs has coined the phrase Wirk. Wirk simply means Internet Work. Internet work is defined by job opportunities that did not exist before the rise of the internet and furthermore the work is likely to be carried out over the internet and payment received for work undertaken via the internet. Wirk describes both full time and part time internet work. Because of the nature of Wirk and the ability for anyone that has internet connection to earn money from Wirk, it is currently more likely to be a part time occupation than full time. Paid Online Questionnaires, Content Writing, Search Marketing are all examples of Wirk.
This is a term rising in popularity
exp.
"to be up for it" means to be willing to participate
she's really up for it: elle est partante
id.
when sth sounds too good to be true and not as good as it seems to be and you suspect that there is a hidden problem
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