Vocabulary
Broaden
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
become larger in distance from side to side; widen.
Urdu meaning
پھیلانا، وسیع کرنا، چوڑا ہونا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- As the apex decision-making body, the MPC must broaden its perspective and consider the wider impact of its decisions on all segments of the economy, not just exporters, importers or the financial sector.
- For Pakistan, the opportunity is unprecedented: a chance to reduce overreliance on China, broaden its partnerships, and restore a measure of strategic balance.
- For years, rural parliamentary elites have enjoyed tax exemptions, and efforts to broaden the tax base especially in sectors like retail, transport, and real estate have mostly fallen short.
- Having failed to broaden the tax net, they are now talking of `tax deepening` and searching within their own professed tax gaps to see if ramped-up enforcement can serve up the next generation of revenues.
- The most significant area one looks for in a budget are measures designed to broaden the base of taxation.
Synonyms
widen, become/make broader, become/make wider, expand, fill out, stretch (out)
Antonyms
narrow, diminish
Curator example
“her smile broadened”
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