broad sense
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbroadandsense
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broad
adjective
uk/brɔːd/us/brɑːd/
very ...
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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(Definition ofbroadandsensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This would be a case of maximizing utility in thebroadsense.
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While the three books all deal with language evolution in thebroadsense, each does so in a way markedly different from the other two.
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The term 'seeds' is used here in abroadsensefor plant propagules, since some of them are more properly classified as fruits.
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In charting the history of the verismo movement in thisbroadsense, some studies deal with problems of definition.
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Much of this work comprises policy analysis and evaluation and could be classified as technology assessment in thebroadsense.
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In abroadsense, this body of literature may parallel similar studies associated with any major innovation in agriculture.
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Scepticism about this explanation concerns the environment in thebroadsense.
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Techniques of data evaluation, even in abroadsense, were outside the scope of the book.
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The answer is that they all cause pain (in itsbroadsense).
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In abroadsense, an attack on the party was an attack on the state.
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The study of war, taken in abroadsense, has received much attention from scholars in recent years.
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This, in term, would mean, in thebroadsense, the presence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction.
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All this creates a digital form-world, a style in thebroadsense.
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I am here using the term "enforcement" (of contracts) in abroadsense.
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The book is a thorough survey of a surprisingly rich research literature on grammaticality ' judgements ' in a ratherbroadsense.
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I here use "reason" in abroadsensethat glosses over the distinction.
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The challenge of self-determination in thisbroadsenseconsiderably predates the emergence of industrial capitalism.
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