BREADTH


Meaning of BREADTH in English

1.

The ~ of something is the distance between its two sides.

The ~ of the whole camp was 400 paces.

= width

N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n

2.

The ~ of something is its quality of consisting of or involving many different things.

Older people have a tremendous ~ of experience...

His ~ of knowledge filled me with admiration.

= range

N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n

3.

If you say that someone does something or something happens throughout or across the length and ~ of a place, you are emphasizing that it happens everywhere in that place.

The group built their reputation by playing across the length and ~ of North America...

She has travelled the length and ~ of Britain.

PHRASE: PHR n emphasis

4.

see also hair’s ~

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