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BROADENING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The action of making broader

Example:

the broadening of travel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("broadening" is a kind of...):

development (act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of making something wider

Synonyms:

broadening; widening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("broadening" is a kind of...):

change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An increase in width

Synonyms:

broadening; widening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("broadening" is a kind of...):

growth; increase; increment (a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb broaden

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