broaden

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Pronunciation[change]

Verb[change]

Plain form
broaden

Third-person singular
broadens

Past tense
broadened

Past participle
broadened

Present participle
broadening

  1. (transitive) If you broaden something, you make it broad or broader.
  2. (intransitive) If something broadens, it becomes broad or broader.
    The roads gradually broadened as we drove into the countryside.