breadth

Meaning

1. The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width.
2. A piece of fabric of standard width.
3. Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
4. A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
5. The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.

Synonyms

width

extent

broadness

wideness

largeness

size

scope

extension

latitude

vastness

scale

range

dimension

magnitude

expanse

thickness

bulk

spaciousness

comprehensiveness

extensiveness

greatness

heaviness

figure

expansion

duration

measure

panel

proportion

cut

amplitude

compass

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circumference

capaciousness

stature

broad

beam

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area

wingspan

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side-to-side

measurement

market breadth

transverseness

,

impetus panache

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹɛdθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bredthe

Cognate with Scots: bredth

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Bratte

Cognate with Western Frisian: breedte

Cognate with Dutch: breedte

Cognate with German: Breite

Cognate with Danish: bredde

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: bredde

Cognate with Swedish: bredd

In summary

From Middle English bredthe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of 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”), Norwegian Bokmål bredde (“breadth”), Swedish bredd (“breadth”).