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Knowing a little about everything, so no conversation can trap you.
means The range or scope of something — how wide a span of knowledge, interest, or coverage it has, as opposed to how deep.
from From Old English 'brædu' (breadth, width), tied to 'brad' meaning broad — the same root that gave us 'broad.' The spelling picked up that odd 'th' ending by analogy with 'length' and 'width,' turning a simple adjective into an abstract noun somewhere in Middle English, measuring not just things but minds.
- opposite of
- depth, its overachieving sibling
- etymology
- from broad, literally just wideness
- career risk
- jack of all trades, master of networking
- secret weapon
- connects dots specialists never see