Definitions

breadth

[bredth, bretth, breth] / brɛdθ, brɛtθ, brɛθ /

NOUN

width

Synonyms

STRONG

broadness diameter latitude span spread wideness

WEAK

distance across

NOUN

extent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comprehensiveness dimension fullness magnitude range scale scope size

STRONG

amplitude area compass expanse extensiveness gamut greatness largeness measure orbit reach space spread stretch sweep vastness

WEAK

inclusiveness

Example Sentences

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Breadth indicators corroborate this oversold condition, supporting a bullish medium-to-long-term outlook.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Breadth indicators corroborate “this extreme oversold condition, supporting a bullish medium-to-long-term outlook for both the sector and the broader market.”

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Breadth, as measured by advancing versus declining issues, has remained poor.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

Breadth of participation transforms philanthropy from an elite activity to a collective, even democratic project in which everyone is a steward of the common good.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023

This House fronts the Garden, and takes up almost the whole Breadth of it.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

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