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broad

If something is broad, the distance from one side to the other is large. Her shoulders were swimmer's shoulders, strong and broad. If something is broad, it includes a lot. They have laws now which give very, very broad powers to the President. We have a range of activities broad enough to include teachers in all program areas and in all grade levels. Broad senses, definitions, agreements, etc. are general, not detailed. We accept a broad definition of music to include any sound organized in an meaningful way. A broad area is a large area. They walked through the broad field behind the building. A broad accent is one that is very noticeable. If something happens in broad daylight, it happens during the day where many people can see it.

broad

A broad is a woman. There's this German broad, fuckin' bitch, who told me I'm going to jail for her pushin' her stupid ass.

broad

(= wide) having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other wide roads a wide necktie wide margins three feet wide a river two miles broad broad shoulders a broad river (= across-the-board, all-embracing, blanket, panoptic, wide) broad in scope or content across-the-board pay increases an all-embracing definition blanket sanctions against human-rights violators an invention with broad applications a panoptic study of Soviet nationality — T.G.Winner granted him wide powers (= unspecific) not detailed or specific a broad rule the broad outlines of the plan felt an unspecific dread lacking subtlety; obvious gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave (= full) being at a peak or culminating point broad daylight full summer (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional a broad southern accent (= spacious, wide) very large in expanse or scope a broad lawn the wide plains a spacious view spacious skies (= liberal, tolerant) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness a broad political stance generous and broad sympathies a liberal newspaper tolerant of his opponent's opinions slang term for a woman a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch

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Simple sentences

He has broad shoulders.
The burglar broke into the post office in broad daylight.
The broad lines on the map correspond to roads.
The city has many broad streets.
Jim has broad shoulders.
A gang of three robbed the bank in broad daylight.
Man is also an animal in a broad sense.
It was broad daylight when I woke up.
He had his car stolen in broad daylight.
The broad river flows slowly.
My husband is broad-shouldered, with distinctly short arms.
Only a male intellect clouded by the sexual drive could call the stunted, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped and short-legged sex the fair sex.
Slice the quartered lettuce into broad slices.
He's got a broad Scouse accent.
An innocent passer-by was shot dead in broad daylight.
There is a broad street near my house.
The main street is very broad.
Mary has broad shoulders.
I have broad shoulders.
You have broad shoulders.

Movie subtitles

Peace lies upon the eternal sea. silently it spreads, rolling out in broad waves, to soothe the world's suffering and strife.
Strangely, this escape took place in broad daylight.
Car chasing another down the street, broad daylight.
Broad-minded old geezer.
The broad-minded man from the Rio Grande!
If you think I'll get a chance to prove my broad-mindedness any minute, you're crazy.
I'd say they'd be about Broad Plain by now.
Broad Plain, huh?
Too bad your head's too small for your broad mind.
Very high morals. Very broad shoulders.
Hazel's broad-minded.
Beatrix, I'm a very broad-minded man but I do wish Harry wouldn't make such demonstrations of affection in public even if you are going to marry him.
Although I'm broad-minded myself, it was a bit shocking too.
He is? Renault's getting broad-minded.
So marry her! Don't be like every single officer here who shacks up with a broad, but won't be seen in public with her.
Dumb broad!
But in addition to a broad cockney accent and a stutter, Rains had other speech problems.
Don't you understand that a man to be married nowadays must be broad-minded?
I hope I'm broad-minded, but I must say. I know what Stephanie would get if she did such a thing, big as she is.
Broad Plain. This is where the Indians are supposed to be.
I'm not a drinking man myself, but I'm broad-minded.
It's not easy to find a broad who knows how to drink and all that!
A brunette, broad forehead, heavy eyebrows. beautiful eyes, turned-up nose. an almost tragic face when she was serious. but childlike as soon as she smiled.
I didn't realize, sir, that your shoulders are so broad.
Your husband's much too broad-minded.
Captain Renault's getting broad-minded.
We'll move into it in broad daylight.
They disgrace our wives in broad daylight!

News and current affairs

The WHO's efforts to encourage broad reforms at the international level are crucial.
The remit of Sweden's fiscal council is particularly broad, giving it a mandate not only to forecast, but also to look more deeply at the motivations and consequences of government policy.
Moreover, cultural differences impede any broad agreements on regulating online content.
Because of broad European skepticism about fracking, there is no gas miracle in the EU, while the abundance of heavily subsidized renewables has caused over-achievement of the CO2 target.
Political leaders may lead a broad reform movement, as with Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal.
What Iraq has taught is the importance of developing civil society and the rule of law before trying to hold broad-based elections.
MELBOURNE - If the broad post-World War II prosperity that has endured for six decades comes to an end, both the United States and Europe will be responsible.
Even this limited version would constitute progress; most of the gains arise from removing the red tape that complicates cross-border establishment of small and medium-size service enterprises and limits competition in broad sectors of the economy.
Meanwhile, in Hong Kong, Singapore, and China, there are calls for extending university programs so that students can obtain a broad, liberal education, in the hope that graduates will be more inclined to experiment and innovate.
Nonetheless, whenever a crisis loomed in the last century, the broad consensus among economists was that it did not.
In some respects, this perception is accurate, but it cannot be applied to the broad Saudi public.
Although changes in market psychology are difficult to understand, the broad concerns that underlie such episodes of irrational exuberance are almost always clear.
Argentina is vulnerable to external shocks such as declining agricultural commodity prices because Argentina failed to develop a diversified export sector, one in which a broad range of industrial and service sectors are internationally competitive.
For one thing, its purchasing power is already scraping along at a fairly low level globally - indeed, near an all-time low, according to the Fed's broad dollar exchange-rate index.
But, as the crisis deepened, German Chancellor Angela Merkel worked to persuade her European counterparts to implement a broad and biting sanctions regime.
Only by demonstrating professionalism in its work, and willingness to hold senior government figures accountable where appropriate, can the ICC engender broad and lasting support.
As a result, it will be difficult in 2010 and beyond to develop an effective package of sanctions and incentives that enjoys broad international backing.
Most coral species have broad geographical distributions, and bleach at different temperatures depending on location.
But coming up with an approach that gains broad international support will prove extremely difficult.
Broad agreement is needed that any intentional killing of civilians and noncombatants is unacceptable, and that its perpetrators and supporters must be punished.
The situation in the Mediterranean region is at a more advanced stage. The broad planks of a partnership are already there, so what is now needed is to enhance Europe's integration with its southern neighbors.
The broad planks of a partnership are already there, so what is now needed is to enhance Europe's integration with its southern neighbors.
In fact, militants were able to carry out their work - drilling holes in the rock, filling them with explosives, and detonating them - in broad daylight.
In broad strokes, this requires a deliberate and significant boost to research and development spending.

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