broadening
/ˈbɹɔ.də.nɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That gives someone broader education and experience; that broadens someone's horizons.
Example Sentences
- "The broadening of the main street in this sleepy town is expected to cost a lot of money; it is said that the project will be financed with municipal bonds, but many citizens are skeptical of such debt."
- "The broadening of one's horizons is good for the soul."
- "Travel is broadening. And exciting too, sometimes. In eleven European trips and two circumaviations during the past eleven years in quest of rare books, I have been lucky on two or three occasions. In Edinburgh in 1959 I came across a set of Blaeu's Atlas in eleven large volumes, printed in Amsterdam in 1662."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɹɔ.də.nɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈbɹɔː.də.nɪŋ/