Broaden
//ˈbɹɑ.dn̩// name, verb
name, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make broad or broader. transitive
"broaden one’s knowledge"
- 2 become broader wordnet
- 3 To become broad or broader. intransitive
"The roads gradually broadened as we drove into the countryside."
- 4 make broader wordnet
- 5 vary in order to spread risk or to expand wordnet
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- 6 extend in scope or range or area wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Old English.
Example
More examples"Good movies broaden your horizons."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From broad + -en (verbal suffix).
Etymology 2
Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived in a broad valley, from Old English brād (“broad”) + dene (“valley”). Alternatively, it could be a variant of the surname Braden.
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