BROADENING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does broadening mean? 

• BROADENING (noun)
  The noun BROADENING has 3 senses:

1. the act of making something wider

2. the action of making broader

3. an increase in width

  Familiarity information: BROADENING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROADENING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making something wider

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

broadening; widening

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

The action of making broader

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the broadening of travel

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

An increase in width

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

broadening; widening

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

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

 Context examples 

It is very possible that Jupiter’s broadening influence will result in an exciting foreign trip to a country you always hoped to see but feared you never would be able to go.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)