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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
broaden
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
broaden/expand sb’s horizons
▪ a course of study that will broaden your horizons
broaden/expand your knowledge (=increase your knowledge)
▪ The course is designed to help students broaden their knowledge of modern American literature.
broaden/widen your experience (=increase the amount of different experience you have)
▪ After six years with the bank, he went to work in New York to broaden his experience.
deepen/broaden an understanding
▪ It is hoped that the research will broaden our understanding of the disease.
extend/broaden/widen a definition (=make it include more ideas)
▪ The new law has broadened the definition of terrorism.
sb’s smile broadens (=it gets bigger)
▪ His smile broadened when Sarah walked in.
widen/broaden the scope of sth
▪ The police are widening the scope of their investigation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
▪ To her left, the valley broadened out.
▪ A few yards down, the passage broadened out and became a mezzanine.
▪ The river slowed and broadened out slightly, the banks becoming wider and more easily traversed.
▪ It was going to broaden out, become freer, more active.
▪ We managed to broaden out the argument.
■ NOUN
appeal
▪ Instead of toning himself down, to broaden his appeal, he toned himself up, and hit his 30 percent ceiling.
attempt
▪ There have been various attempts to broaden the sixth-form curriculum, none of which has been successful.
▪ The new offer, is seen as an attempt to broaden the previous settlement.
▪ Its main recommendations amount to little more than an attempt to broaden the elite which administers the state.
▪ However, he was largely unsuccessful in attempts to broaden the basis of his government's political support.
base
▪ Cica is designed to broaden its business base by creating a franchise within the 13-30 year old bracket.
▪ Or will it broaden its base and agree to enlargement?
▪ His partnership strengthened the Balbirnie team in shareholding terms, broadening its equity base.
▪ Another advertising agency, Future Image, has broadened the base of its activities with an extension into design and print.
▪ His best work is done far in advance, and he is intent on broadening his base.
▪ Second, that in general this means reducing the value of allowances and broadening the tax base rather than increasing marginal tax rates.
▪ It served to broaden our shareholder base significantly.
▪ Instead they are interested in building on a range of other products, thus broadening their base.
business
▪ Cica is designed to broaden its business base by creating a franchise within the 13-30 year old bracket.
▪ In February 1994, the investigation was broadened to other Symington business deals.
▪ He broadened the definition of business assets that qualify for lower rates of capital gains tax.
experience
▪ It is good practice for a trainee to be given the opportunity to work in more than one department to broaden his experience.
▪ But education is said to be a broadening experience.
▪ Her outlook had been considerably broadened by her theatrical experiences.
horizon
▪ Their first choice is not always available but the week should achieve the aim of broadening their horizons and their experience.
▪ But she must broaden her horizons.
▪ A few years in Leeds will broaden her horizons, even if she doesn't find a husband.
▪ Perhaps you're the one who needs to broaden your horizons.
▪ For when one's mind broadens its horizons, one attains contentment, peace and, ultimately, happiness.
▪ Though it has made its name as a mainframe software house, Compuware is keen to broaden its horizons.
▪ Aldous Huxley broadened her horizons somewhat.
knowledge
▪ The best of them learned the basic principles from AlB and subsequently broadened their knowledge as their experience expanded.
▪ I welcomed the opportunity to spread the word and to broaden my knowledge about management approaches in the private sector.
▪ Pearce has found that his involvement in so many outside bodies has helped to broaden his knowledge and outlook.
▪ Many employers provide formal training programs to broaden inspectors' knowledge of construction materials, practices, and techniques.
▪ It will also appeal to those who want to broaden their knowledge of biosensors.
▪ You are now broadening your knowledge of jobs and their requirements.
▪ I've broadened my football knowledge and it's been a vital part of my education in the game.
mind
▪ It is often said that chess helps broaden the mind, promoting logical thought and forward planning.
▪ Like travel, it broadens the mind.
product
▪ Another reason for developing the alliance portfolio is the need to broaden the product range offered to customers.
▪ I think this is Holsten trying to broaden its product range and that is not necessarily an incentive to purchase.
range
▪ Another reason for developing the alliance portfolio is the need to broaden the product range offered to customers.
▪ Mr. Dewar Yes, one does, if one broadens the range.
▪ I advised her to consider broadening the range of possibilities.
▪ To do so would be to broaden the potential range of literature to most of sociology and much philosophy and history besides.
▪ I think this is Holsten trying to broaden its product range and that is not necessarily an incentive to purchase.
▪ Bristol &038; West is one of the few well-known names that has recently broadened its mortgage range to include nonconforming borrowers.
▪ The effect of branching is to decrease the percentage crystallinity, broaden the melting range, and reduce the average melting temperature.
scope
▪ Lord Reid's judgment significantly broadens the potential scope of review.
▪ This meeting broadened the scope of the program by including topics which initially appeared to be too advanced for the developing countries.
▪ Allow pupils in group or personal study to take advantage of national databanks and broaden the scope of their study 5.
▪ Republicans are complaining that Democrats wanted to broaden the scope but are now objecting to the cost of doing so.
▪ I further suggested that he broadened the scope of the drama lesson by including all sorts of direct sense experiences.
▪ In this study we deliberately broadened the scope of the reporting under scrutiny.
▪ He broadened the scope of the Collection through the acquisition of works by early Renaissance painters.
▪ Here we argue that a comprehensive analysis should broaden the scope of the analysis to include conservationists and governments.
smile
▪ Neville's smile broadened slightly, but a grim thought took off its edges.
▪ His smile broadened and his eyes twinkled with whimsy.
support
▪ His desire to broaden his support outside the party is eating away his base within it.
tax
▪ Second, that in general this means reducing the value of allowances and broadening the tax base rather than increasing marginal tax rates.
▪ The corporate income tax base was broadened while the tax rate was reduced.
understanding
▪ Questions can be answered as they arise, and spare time can be used to broaden understanding of a diagnosis or treatment.
■ VERB
help
▪ Pearce has found that his involvement in so many outside bodies has helped to broaden his knowledge and outlook.
▪ The first step was to help broaden the capital base of many of its members.
try
▪ I think this is Holsten trying to broaden its product range and that is not necessarily an incentive to purchase.
want
▪ It will also appeal to those who want to broaden their knowledge of biosensors.
▪ Audio publishers want to broaden the market.
▪ His group wanted to broaden their remit to look into possible Moon landing missions.
▪ Republicans are complaining that Democrats wanted to broaden the scope but are now objecting to the cost of doing so.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ At Missouri, Wright broadened his experience by working on a local newspaper.
▪ In 1995, the U.S. sought to broaden its ties with India and Pakistan.
▪ The class is meant to broaden people's awareness of geography.
▪ The company has broadened its product range in the US.
▪ The library is installing new technology to broaden access to its huge store of information.
▪ The road broadens a little further on.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation; and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.
▪ In advanced capitalism neo-Marxists argue that the factors responsible for recruiting people into organized expressions of discontent broaden.
▪ In February 1994, the investigation was broadened to other Symington business deals.
▪ Lloyd's is keen not only to increase its market share but to broaden its spread of risks.
▪ The extent to which travel broadens depends at least partly on how much you give yourself to the experience.
▪ There was no article concerning the freedom of the press and the bans on journalists' activities were broadened.
▪ We managed to broaden out the argument.
▪ Well, Rose Fenemore, now might be the time to broaden your outlook a little.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Broaden

Broaden \Broad"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broadened; p. pr. & vb. n. Broadening.] [From Broad,

  1. ] To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

    The broadening sun appears.
    --Wordsworth.

Broaden

Broaden \Broad"en\, v. t. To make broad or broader; to render more broad or comprehensive.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
broaden

1727, from broad (adj.) + -en (1). The word seems no older than this date (discovered by Johnson in one of James Thomson's "Seasons" poems); broadened also is first found in the same poet, and past participle adjective broadening is recorded from 1850.

Wiktionary
broaden

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To make broad or broader. 2 (context intransitive English) To become broad or broader.

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WordNet
broaden

  1. v. make broader; "broaden the road"

  2. extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [syn: widen, extend]

  3. vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified" [syn: diversify, branch out] [ant: specialize, specialize]

  4. become broader; "The road broadened"

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Usage examples of "broaden".

Charles Dickens, famed inventor of Christmas ghosts and Tiny Tim, when visiting Rome in 1845 chose to broaden his experience of the world by witnessing the beheading of a criminal.

It was badly delapidated so that in places we could easily look down into the park as it sloped towards the bottom of the valley where we saw a line of thick bushes and trees marking the course of a hidden stream until it broadened out into an expanse of grey water which was the lake.

The one safeguard against an evil so great was the restoration of self-government to the people who had rebelled, the broadening of the elective franchise, the abolition of caste and privilege.

Rita Clay Estrada Her smile broadened, her long-nailed finger tapping a rib lightly.

Female hormones feminize the male body by softening the skin, reducing the growth of body hair, broadening the hips, and enlarging the breasts and nipples.

This broadens the definition, because many of the self-buoyant microbes and plankton are collected in flocs as well.

Others might regard it as a historic opportunity to broaden the political process to include those who customarily have been shut outthe dead, distant or otherwise ineligible voter.

Urteil grinned and his plump cheeks broadened until his jowly face looked wider than it was long.

Educational reform liberalized curricula, promoted coeducational egalitarianism, and broadened access to the elite track of the universities.

Near the foot of the falls, where the water broadened into a pool among the rocks, the tall trees grew in a straggling circle round an inner group of four, marking the quarters of the moon, where the effigies of the Divine Child, Hyacinthos, nurseling of Artemis, were hung at the time of the full moon.

At this point Lake Pirie was about five miles wide, broadening out to our right.

The radicalism to which he now contemptuously indicated his opposition was that which looked to the broadening of human rights, to philanthropy, to charity, and to good deeds.

Like Scaglia, the cardinal-infante was apprehensive about French intentions regarding the League of Ostend and had encouraged Scaglia to maintain and broaden his contacts with the French exile community in Brussels and elsewhere.

Outside, he heard a howl of shock and anger which broadened into a squalling that rose, then fell and diminished, fading away into the night.

Due Summerward, lo, they were set, In volumes of foliage proud, On the heave of their favouring tides, And their song broadened out to the cheer When a neck of the ramping surf Rattles thunder a boat overrides.