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breadth

/bɹɛdθ/
/bɹɛtθ/
/bɹɛθ/

Sounds like breath(one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɛdθ, -ɛtθ, -ɛθ

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From Middle English bredthe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of brede ("breadth"; see bread). Equivalent to broad + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots bredth (“breadth”), Saterland Frisian Bratte (“breadth”), West Frisian breedte (“breadth”), Dutch breedte (“breadth”), German Low German Breddte, Breddt (“breadth”), German Breite (“breadth”), Danish bredde (“breadth”), Norwegian Bokmål bredde (“breadth”), Swedish bredd (“breadth”).

noun breadths

countable, uncountable The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is; width. The breadth of the corridor is 4.5 metres.
Similar: width
countable, uncountable A piece of fabric of standard width.
countable, uncountable Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill. expand one’s breadth of marketing
Similar: extent, range, scope, size
countable, uncountable A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
countable, uncountable The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: width, comprehensiveness, scope, extent, wide, broadness, widening, extensiveness, broad, amplitude, magnitude, extension, extensive, widely, extended, wide-ranging

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noun piece of fabric of standard width

Русский	ширина́ širiná, поло́тнище polótnišče

noun scope, range

Deutsch	Breite
Русский	широта́ širotá, разма́х razmáx, обхва́т obxvát, объём obʺjóm

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@misc{breadth_2026,
  title = {breadth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/breadth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}