You use broad to describe something that includes a large number of different things or people. A broad range of issues was discussed. a broad coalition of workers, peasants, students and middle class professionals. = wide narrow + broadly broad·ly This gives children a more broadly based education
very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
Rectangular lighting fixture with symentrical reflector, used in television to provide a somewhat focused soft-edged light as a specialized fill or wash light