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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. broad in scope or content;
- Example: "across-the-board pay increases"
- Example: "an all-embracing definition"
- Example: "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"
- Example: "an invention with broad applications"
- Example: "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
- Example: "granted him wide powers"
[syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

across-the-board \across-the-board\ adj.
   1. broad in scope or content limited, exclusive

   Syn: all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket(prenominal),
        broad, complete, global, panoptic, wide
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

across-the-board
    adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay
           increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket
           sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention
           with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet
           nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn:
           across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
           all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing,
           extensive, panoptic, wide]