Translation of "broad sense" to German

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Dictionary translations for "broad sense"

broad sense noun

pl. broad senses

der weite Sinn m

Contexts with "broad sense"

Man is also an animal in a broad sense. Der Mensch ist im weiteren Sinne auch ein Tier.

The broad river flows slowly. Der breite Fluss fließt langsam.

Her explanation of the problem made no sense. Es ergab keinen Sinn, wie sie das Problem erklärte.

Plato having defined man to be a two-legged animal without feathers, Diogenes plucked a cock and brought it into the Academy, and said, "This is Plato’s man." On which account this addition was made to the definition,—"With broad flat nails." Als Plato einen Menschen als zweibeiniges Tier ohne Federn definiert hatte, rupfte Diogenes einen Hahn, brachte ihn in die Akademie und sagte „Das ist Platos Mensch,“, weswegen dieser Zusatz zur Definition hinzugefügt wurde: „Mit breiten, flachen Nägeln.“

Several sentences make no sense. So what? Einige Sätze sind nicht sinnvoll. Na und?

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