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broaden | American Dictionary

broaden
verb
us/ˈbrɔ·dən/

broadenverb (WIDE)

[ I/T ]
to become wider, or to cause something to be wider:
[ T ]They are broadening the road to speed up the flow of traffic.

broadenverb (GENERAL)

[ T ]
to increase the range of something:
Going to college will broaden your interests.

broaden | Business English

broaden
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈbrɔːdən/us
to increase the range of something:
New rules should help credit unions expand their activities and broaden access to cheaper borrowing.
We plan to broaden our range of products and services.

Examples of broaden

broaden
The definition of ligands and receptors becomes broadened in this context, and cell adhesions as well as gap junctions enter into the story.
By incorporating national covenantal ideology into state oaths, exponents broadened the boundaries of political participation and sacralized the grounds for national allegiance.
Exclusive groups draw part of their strength and self-definition from their narrowness - broadening them, or lowering the barriers to entry, simply weakens them.
In short, for many, broadening access may take precedence over health outcomes maximization.
The hypothesis that there is less variation among sign languages can be tested only by broadening the range of sign languages studied.
Against this background, the research focus was broadened to include wider political processes.
Thus, in addition to broadening the scope of rights that ought to be measured, political scientists need to deepen their sources of information.
My knowledge of listening devices, microphones, hydrophones and accelerometers has broadened; the ease with which sounds can be transmitted digitally today is amazing.
If both the isomers are separated, yields decrease by 50 %, if they are not separated, distance distributions are broadened.
Market actors may use their opportunities for broadening their sphere of activity to circumvent public policies that would impose regulatory costs on them.
However, librettists quickly broadened their palette of dramatic themes.
In response to these criticisms, it has often been suggested that the income variable needs to be broadened.
Thus, the level of noticing and language awareness was broadened.
The communicative competence model proved highly successful in broadening the scope of classroom teaching and applied linguistics.
He also makes suggestions about broadening one's views in order to form a good relationship with the community.
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