breadth

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English breedthe, bredethe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of Middle English brede ("breadth"; see bread). Equivalent to broad +‎ -th. Cognate with Scots bredth (“breadth”), Saterland Frisian Bratte (“breadth”), West Frisian breedte (“breadth”), Dutch breedte (“breadth”), German Low German Breddte, Breddt (“breadth”), German Breite (“breadth”), Danish bredde (“breadth”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bɹɛdθ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛdθ

Noun[edit]

breadth (countable and uncountable, plural breadths)

  1. The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
  2. A piece of fabric of standard width.
  3. Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
  4. (mathematics) (graph theory) the length of the longest path between two vertices on a graph

Synonyms[edit]

  • (extent or measure of how broad something is): width
  • (piece of fabric of standard width):
  • (scope or range): extent, range, scope, size

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

width — see width
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