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Synonyms for broadening
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : brawd-n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɔd n |
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Définition of broadening
Origin :- 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.
- adj cultivating
- noun widening
- The ever improving brain will give us an ever broadening creed.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- So they miss the chance of broadening and developing their own lives.
- Extract from : « The Untroubled Mind » by Herbert J. Hall
- The stream slackened and spread out, broadening into the head of a pond.
- Extract from : « Days Off » by Henry Van Dyke
- There must be broadening of thought as well as broadening of trade.
- Extract from : « America First » by Various
- The strategy of complementing helps in broadening the interpretation.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- Materially, socially, and intellectually, the farmer is broadening.
- Extract from : « Chapters in Rural Progress » by Kenyon L. Butterfield
- He could feel that his own opinions were broadening every day.
- Extract from : « Flip's "Islands of Providence" » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- It isn't travel that is broadening, stimulating, or educational.
- Extract from : « Potential Enemy » by Mack Reynolds
- The history of his mind has been a broadening track of light.
- Extract from : « Studies of Christianity » by James Martineau
- It was he who, broadening the world's world, broadened the world's mind.
- Extract from : « On Yachts and Yacht Handling » by Thomas Fleming Day
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