narrow vs broad vs wide
Definitions
verb
- define clearly
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- become tight or as if tight
- make or become more narrow or restricted
noun
- a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
adjective
- not wide
- lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
- limited in size or scope
- very limited in degree
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
Examples
The soldier fired the rifle through a narrow aperture in a pile of sandbags.
Occasionally, courts admitted shopbooks as evidence but the exception normally was narrowly applied to circumstances in which the scrivener was not available to testify.
The hours of liberty are long, full of wonder and narrow escapes, precautions, hidden devices and daring.
Definitions
adjective
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- broad in scope or content
- lacking subtlety; obvious
- being at a peak or culminating point
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
noun
- slang term for a woman
Examples
The Huilloc men are only a little taller than their womenfolk, with broad chests, powerful shoulders and heavily muscled legs.
These provisions, although expressed at a level of great generality, have often been invoked by those who posit the existence of a broad international duty to cooperate or a right to solidarity.
Its hard drive can store 100 movies, and an antenna receives new films via broadcast airwaves.
