breadthless

breadth

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bredth, bretth, breth]
- /brɛdθ, brɛtθ, brɛθ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bredth, bretth, breth]
- /brɛdθ, brɛtθ, brɛθ/

Definitions of breadthless word

noun breadthless the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width. 1
noun breadthless an extent or piece of something of definite or full width or as measured by its width: a breadth of cloth. 1
noun breadthless freedom from narrowness or restraint; liberality: a person with great breadth of view. 1
noun breadthless size in general; extent. 1
noun breadthless Art. a broad or general effect due to subordination of details or nonessentials. 1
adjective breadthless Without breadth. 0

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Origin of breadthless

First appearance:

before 1515

One of the 27% oldest English words

1515-25; earlier bredeth, equivalent to brede breadth (Middle English; Old English brǣdu, equivalent to brǣd-, mutated variant of brād broad +-u noun suffix) + -th1 akin to German Breite, Gothic braidei

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Parts of speech for Breadthless

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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breadthless popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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