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Antonyms for broadening

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : brawd-n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɔd n

Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for broadening

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