Hypertext Webster Gateway: "broadening"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Broaden \Broad"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broadened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Broadening}.] [From {Broad}, a.]
To grow broad; to become broader or wider.
The broadening sun appears. --Wordsworth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
broadening
n 1: the act of making something wider [syn: {widening}] [ant: {narrowing}]
2: the action of making broader; "the broadening of travel"
3: an increase in width [syn: {widening}] [ant: {narrowing}]
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