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What is the adjective for broadening?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs broaden and breadthen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

broad
  1. Wide in extent or scope.
  2. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
  3. Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained.
  4. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
  5. Plain; evident.
  6. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
  7. (dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
  8. (of an accent) Strongly regional.
  9. (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “A sudden displacement of a broad area of the sea floor may result in a tsunami.”
      “He possessed a broad knowledge of the subject from years of study and research.”
      “The report provides a broad outline of the administration's budget priorities.”
broadscale
  1. On a broad scale; which is spread over a broad area
  2. Examples:
    1. “How is botanical science at the park contributing to broadscale land management?”
      “The BBS was developed to monitor broadscale changes in North American bird populations, but not to identify causes responsible for those changes.”
      “These movements have produced broadscale reforms in the policies of contemporary political systems.”
breadthwise
  1. directed across the breadth of an object or place.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The truck was parked breadthwise across the road, blocking all traffic.”
broadish
  1. Somewhat broad.
  2. Examples:
    1. “At that point, however, as it happens, there is a broadish ditch, moist at the bottom.”
      “The man who attacked her was aged between 17 and 18 years old, 6ft and of slim build with broadish shoulders and short dark hair.”
      “He was of medium build with broadish shoulders, medium height, wearing a short, dark casual cotton jacket with a small collar and light-coloured trousers.”
broader
  1. comparative form of broad: more broad
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This ethic of tolerant acceptance can also contribute to an inability to articulate a broader, normative vision of family life.”
      “Has a broader body than the water measurer and a considerably shorter head, which has largish eyes.”
      “A tailor will also fit your shirts, which can help make your waist seem narrower and your shoulders broader.”
broadest
  1. superlative form of broad: most broad
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Bags I the one with the maddest of the mad hair, and the most dreadful of the Granny-knitted jumpers...and the broadest West Country accent.”
      “The research shows that the best mimics with the broadest repertoire were most successful at wooing the females.”
      “In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, sanctification, and glorification.”
broadened
broadening
breadthened
breadthening
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