Learn more. What do broad and narrow mean in the context? Ask Question. Asked 2 years, 8 months ago. Active 2 years, 8 months ago. Viewed 2k times. Improve this question. Rrrrhh Rrrrhh 41 5 5 bronze badges. Can someone please answer this. We sometimes say that suppose X is a broad category of something and X can't be further divided.
Then how is it broad? Someone please clarify it if you can — Rrrrhh. Look up "broad minded" and "narrow minded". And please cite the text that you feel implies "broad" means "can't be further divided". Bear in mind that saying a classification is "broad" implies that that classification is not of much help in sorting out details. This does not imply that items that may fall in that broad category cannot be further classified using other criteria. Show 2 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Examples for broad traits might be "being a good communicator", "being good with numbers", "being tolerant", "keeping situational awareness" By contrast "narrow", here, means a very specific skill with limited applicability.
Examples of narrow traits are "being an expert in the use of commas in 13th century Icelandic poetry", "being able to fix air intake valves on Ford cars made between and ", "being able to remember pi to digits" [This is opinion, but you asked for the origin: The usage, i imagine, comes from the metaphor of shallow and deep learning. Improve this answer. Thank you so much. Could you please explain the second part. If I say a broad category than what does it mean?
In the dictionary a broad category means a category with a lots under it. But there are instances where they can't be further divided. If so then how are they broad? And what does broad mean there? I'm having difficulty thinking of an example of a broad category that can't be further divided, if you give me an example I'll gladly explain. New Word List Word List. Save This Word! New England. Compare lax 1 def. Compare broad def. See synonyms for narrow on Thesaurus. We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.
Origin of narrow before ; Middle English; Old English nearu; cognate with Old Saxon naru narrow, Dutch naar unpleasant; akin to German Narbe scar, literally, narrow mark. Post Comment. Please check settings. Username or Email Address. Remember Me. To use social login you have to agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. Switch skin Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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