broadening
広がる
解説 Definition
broadening は、範囲・幅・知識・経験などが広がる、または広げることを表す動詞の形です。物理的な幅だけでなく、考え方や選択肢がより広くなる場合にも使われます。
Broadening is the present participle or gerund of broaden. It describes making something wider or more extensive, or becoming wider in physical range, knowledge, experience, interests, services, or perspective.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 broaden「広げる・広がる」に -ing を付けた形です。語末の子音を重ねず、そのまま broadening とします。broad「広い」＋動詞化の -en と分け、broaden interests、broaden services、broaden one’s view のように、範囲や経験が進行中で広がる場面で覚えましょう。
Start with broad, meaning wide, and add -en to form broaden, “make or become broader.” Broadening is broaden plus -ing, with no doubled consonant: broaden becomes broadening. Picture a boundary moving outward as someone reads more books, a company adds services, or travel expands a person’s view. Useful patterns include broadening interests, broadening access, and broadening one’s perspective. The form may show an action in progress, as in is broadening, or function as a gerund. Keep the central image of an increasing range rather than simple physical growth.
例文
Her interests are broadening as she reads more books.
彼女は本をたくさん読むにつれて興味が広がっています。
The company is broadening its services to include online lessons.
その会社はオンライン授業を含めるようにサービスを広げています。
Traveling abroad is broadening his view of the world.
海外旅行によって彼の世界観が広がっています。
broadening の類義語・関連語
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broadening の語源・成り立ち Etymology
broadening は broaden + -ing で、broaden は broad「広い」+ 動詞化接尾辞 -en「〜にする・〜になる」から成ります。broad は古英語 brad に由来するので、語全体は文字どおり「広くなっていくこと」。そこから「広がる」という意味になります。関連語は broad, breadth。
Broadening is formed from the verb broaden and the suffix -ing. Broaden itself combines broad with the verb-forming suffix -en, which can mean “make” or “become,” as in widen. Broad descends from Old English brād, meaning wide or spacious. The modern word therefore literally presents the process of making or becoming broad, and its use naturally extends from physical width to interests, experience, access, services, and viewpoints.
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