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broaden (oh)



[T] to increase something such as your knowledge, experience, or range of activities
::The course helps school-leavers broaden their knowledge of the world of work.
::I'd like to work abroad to broaden my horizons (=learn, experience, or attempt new things) .
::Travel broadens the mind (=helps you to understand and accept Other people's beliefs, customs etc) .
[I and T] to affect or include more people or things, or to make something affect or include more people or things
-synonym widen, expand widen, expand
::Mr Mates said the party must broaden its appeal to younger voters.
::Flynn's appeal broadened as the campaign continued into the summer months.
::I want to broaden the discussion to Other aspects of the problem.
[I and T] to make something wider or to become wider
-synonym widen widen
::Mark's smile broadened.
::The council decided to broaden the pavement.
broaden out phr v
if something, especially a river or road, broadens out, it becomes wider
-synonym widen out widen out
::The river broadens out at this point.

Richardson, Henry Hobson (sh)




born Sept. 29, 1838, Priestley Plantation, La., U.S.
died April 27, 1886, Brookline, Mass.

U.S. architect.

He studied at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and the ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His designs for Boston's Brattle Square (1870-72) and Trinity (1872-77) churches won him a national reputation. He designed houses, libraries, suburban railroad stations, educational buildings, and commercial and civic structures. Instead of the narrow vertical proportions and Gothic features used by his contemporaries, he favoured horizontal lines, simple silhouettes, and large-scale Romanesque or Byzantine-inspired details. The Crane Memorial Library in Quincy, Mass. (1880-82), with its granite base, clerestory windows, tiled gable roof, and cavernous entrance arch, stands among his finest mature works. His Romanesque style had an integrity seldom achieved by his many imitators, and the functionalism of his designs presaged the work of Louis H. Sullivan.