Fragen über die Beispielsätze mit, und die Definition und Benutzung von "Broad"

A: Broad can mean wide/large or if used in a slang broad can be a rude term for a lady.

"That topic is very broad" could mean that the topic is too wide open

A: Depends on the context. In nautical navigation it's...

Broad on the starboard bow: bearing 45° to the heading of a vessel.

Broad on the port bow: bearing 315° to the heading of a vessel.

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A: Wide, huge.
For example, his shoulders are broad.

A: I agree with all of the above but would also like to add an older use of the term. This one is definitely not appropriate to use in modern conversation as it is certainly sexist and problematic. I’m only including it here in case you hear it in an old movie or read it in an old book. It can refer to an independent, assertive, or aggressive woman but usually not in a complimentary way. Sometimes it would be preceded by “classy” perhaps in an effort to make it seem less insulting.

A: Example : the doctor rushed to the patient to check his pulse but shockingly he was broad dead.

A: You have broad (long width) shoulders.

He answered the question broadly (generally), and it was hard to point out specifics in his answer.

You’re so inaccurate, you couldn’t hit the broad (long) side of a barn!

Also, fun little slang of the day for you, women can also be called broads, BUT it’s pretty demeaning and disrespectful. The only reason I tell you is so that you can watch English movies taking place in the past where women were called broads and you can understand them.

Example sentence: I swear, my dear, she was only some broad met at work!

A:

These are both extremely ancient English words.

Usually, when words are so old, you sometimes find that the ancient meaning is quite different. Not so in these cases.

Both of these words meant exactly the same thing 1500 years ago as they do now WITH ONE EXCEPTION.

Back then, wide was not only used for something broad or vast – a space, a piece of land – but was also used to describe time.

A wide time - a long time.

This meaning is no longer used. Nowadays, these words simply mean the exact same thing

A: They have a similar idea behind them, but wide is more for physical objects while broad is more abstract. "Open your mouth wide) - physically move your upper and lower jaw far away from each other.

"Broad knowledge" - knows about many different things.

"Broad daylight" - meaning some time during the day when there is a lot of light.

there are some expression though that overlap in ideas such as "widespread", "wide awake", and"wide open"

A: Broad means wide in range or amount
Example: There was broad agreement on the new officials.

General means used to indicate that a description relates to an entire person or things
Example: They have issued a general cleaning after the flood.

A: big can be any kind of large, but broad means that something is big lengthwise.

A: In the context of describing the width of something, wide is used more often to describe open spaces while broad is more used to describe flat surfaces, but they can also be used interchangeably in most cases.
"It's a wide opening"
"He has broad shoulders"
"The blade was very broad."
"The blade was very wide."

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A: Women but a bit derogatory.

A: The short answer is never look at rap lyrics for grammar.