"broad-based" meaning in English

See broad-based in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} broad-based (not comparable)
  1. (economics) Of a tax: applying to most or all taxpayers or transactions, rather than a targeted subset. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-broad-based-en-adj-VZ4wMLdG Topics: economics, science, sciences
  2. Broadly based, wide-ranging. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-broad-based-en-adj-1tdxh4-P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58

Download JSON data for broad-based meaning in English (1.6kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "broad-based (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "narrow-based"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Economics",
          "orig": "en:Economics",
          "parents": [
            "Social sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a tax: applying to most or all taxpayers or transactions, rather than a targeted subset."
      ],
      "id": "en-broad-based-en-adj-VZ4wMLdG",
      "links": [
        [
          "economics",
          "economics"
        ],
        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
        ],
        [
          "taxpayer",
          "taxpayer"
        ],
        [
          "transaction",
          "transaction"
        ],
        [
          "subset",
          "subset"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(economics) Of a tax: applying to most or all taxpayers or transactions, rather than a targeted subset."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "economics",
        "science",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 December 14, Ben Jones, “Switzerland: a template for Northern Powerhouse Rail?”, in RAIL, number 972, page 29",
          "text": "In the current situation, we can only dream of a broad-based long-term commitment to public transport in the UK.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Broadly based, wide-ranging."
      ],
      "id": "en-broad-based-en-adj-1tdxh4-P",
      "links": [
        [
          "Broadly",
          "broadly"
        ],
        [
          "based",
          "based"
        ],
        [
          "wide-ranging",
          "wide-ranging"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "broad-based"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "broad-based (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "narrow-based"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "en:Economics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a tax: applying to most or all taxpayers or transactions, rather than a targeted subset."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "economics",
          "economics"
        ],
        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
        ],
        [
          "taxpayer",
          "taxpayer"
        ],
        [
          "transaction",
          "transaction"
        ],
        [
          "subset",
          "subset"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(economics) Of a tax: applying to most or all taxpayers or transactions, rather than a targeted subset."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "economics",
        "science",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 December 14, Ben Jones, “Switzerland: a template for Northern Powerhouse Rail?”, in RAIL, number 972, page 29",
          "text": "In the current situation, we can only dream of a broad-based long-term commitment to public transport in the UK.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Broadly based, wide-ranging."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Broadly",
          "broadly"
        ],
        [
          "based",
          "based"
        ],
        [
          "wide-ranging",
          "wide-ranging"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "broad-based"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.