broad, übersetzung im Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

broad
adj

1 having relatively great breadth or width

2 of vast extent; spacious
a broad plain

3 postpositive from one side to the other
four miles broad

4 of great scope or potential
that invention had broad applications

5 not detailed; general
broad plans

6 clear and open; full (esp. in the phrase broad daylight)

7 obvious or plain
broad hints

8 liberal; tolerant
a broad political stance

9 widely spread; extensive
broad support

10 outspoken or bold
a broad manner

11 vulgar; coarse; indecent
a broad joke

12 unrestrained; free
broad laughter

13 (of a dialect or pronunciation) consisting of a large number of speech sounds characteristic of a particular geographical area
a broad Yorkshire accent

14 (Finance) denoting an assessment of liquidity as including notes and coin in circulation with the public, banks' till money and balances, most private-sector bank deposits, and sterling bank-deposit certificates
broad money Compare → narrow → 7

15 (Phonetics)

a of or relating to a type of pronunciation transcription in which symbols correspond approximately to phonemes without taking account of allophonic variations

b ♦ broad a the long vowel in English words such as father, half, as represented in the received pronunciation of Southern British English

16 ♦ as broad as it is long amounting to the same thing; without advantage either way
n

17 the broad part of something

18 Slang (chiefly U.S. and Canadian)

a a girl or woman

b a prostitute

19 (Brit)
dialect a river spreading over a lowland
See also → Broads

20 (East Anglian)
dialect a shallow lake

21 a wood-turning tool used for shaping the insides and bottoms of cylinders
adv

22 widely or fully
broad awake
  (Old English brad; related to Old Norse breithr, Old Frisian bred, Old High German breit, Gothic braiths)
♦ broadly  adv
♦ broadness  n