Breadth

Pronunciation

Origin

From Middle English breedthe, bredethe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of Middle English brede ("breadth"; see bread), equivalent to broad + -th. Cognate with Scots bredth ("breadth"), Dutch breedte ("breadth"),

German Breite ("breadth").

Full definition of breadth

Noun

1. The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
2. A piece of fabric of standard width.
3. Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
4. (math) (graph theory) the length of the longest path between two vertices on a graph

Synonyms

• (extent or measure of how broad something is) width
• (piece of fabric of standard width)
• (scope or range) extent, range, scope, size

Derived terms