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Verb: broaden  bro-d(u)n
  1. Make broader
    "broaden the road"
     
  2. Increase in scope, range or area
    "broaden your horizon";
    - widen, extend
     
  3. Vary in order to spread risk or to expand
    "The company broadened";
    - diversify, branch out
     
  4. Become broader
    "The road broadened"

Derived forms: broadening, broadened, broadens

Type of: alter, change, increase, vary

Antonym: narrow down

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