how to pronounce broad

/bɹɔːd/

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broad is pronounced in one syllable

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ɔː

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An example use of broad in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… a new like broad church and a lot of …”

meaning of broad

Broad means wide in a general sense.

broad frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word broad occurs in english on average 52 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics broad can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that broad can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;