breadth

étendue, ampleur

Grande variété des choses qu’une personne connaît ou fait, ou qu’une chose comprend.

En anglais simple : The wide range of things that someone knows, does, or includes.

• Her breadth of knowledge impressed me.
• The course offers both depth and breadth.
• Few candidates have such breadth of experience.

Comment l'utiliser : breadth of something (The breadth of her interests surprised us.)

Synonymes : range, scope

Expressions courantes : breadth of knowledge, breadth of experience

largeur

Distance d’un côté à l’autre de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The distance from one side of something to the other.

• We measured the breadth of the table.
• The bridge spans the full breadth of the river.
• Its length is twice its breadth.

Comment l'utiliser : breadth of something (The breadth of the doorway is one metre.)

Synonymes : width

Expressions courantes : breadth of something, full breadth