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broadened

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈbɹɔdənd// UK //bɹˈɔːdənd// broad·ened

adj. made wider or more general. You use this to describe something that now covers more topics, people, or ideas than it did before.

adj. expanded in scope, range, or physical width. Often used as a participial adjective to describe an increased variety of experiences or knowledge.


SIMPLE

The school now offers a broadened range of subjects.

CONTEXTUAL

After a year of traveling through Asia, she returned home with a broadened perspective on global politics.

COMPLEX

The committee presented a broadened set of criteria for the scholarship to ensure that students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds had a fair chance of being selected.

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Often follows a linking verb like 'become' or 'remain', or precedes a noun as a modifier.

Pitfall

He broadenedly his mindHe broadened his mindLearners sometimes confuse the past participle used as an adjective with an adverbial form; 'broadened' functions as the adjective itself.

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