noun
Meaning 1
The state of being narrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
narrowness
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noun
Meaning 2
A constriction; a narrow passage or place; an instance or aspect of being narrow, or having a limited scope or extent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a small margin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory
- the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: narrow margin, slimness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: margin
noun
Meaning 4
the property of being narrow; having little width
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the narrowness of the road
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: wideness
Broader terms: width, breadth
Narrower terms: fineness, thinness
noun
Meaning 5
a restriction of range or scope
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students
- the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus
- frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restriction, limitation
noun
Meaning 6
an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: narrow-mindedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intolerance
Narrower terms: parochialism, pettiness, provincialism, sectarianism, denominationalism
History
Etymology
From Middle English narwenesse; equivalent to narrow + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Akkadian: pušqum — state of being narrow
- Arabic: ضَيْق (ḍayq) — state of being narrow
- Armenian: նեղություն (neġutʻyun) — state of being narrow
- Catalan: estretor — state of being narrow
- Esperanto: mallarĝeco — state of being narrow
- Finnish: kapeus — state of being narrow
- Finnish: ahtaus — state of being narrow
- Finnish: täpäryys — state of being narrow
- French: étroitesse — state of being narrow
- German: Enge — state of being narrow
- German: Beschränktheit — state of being narrow
- German: Schmeeli — state of being narrow
- Greek: στενότητα (stenótita) — state of being narrow
- Ancient Greek: στενότης (stenótēs) — state of being narrow
- Japanese: 狭さ (semasa) — state of being narrow
- Japanese: 狭小 (kyōshō) — state of being narrow
- Japanese: 狭窄 (kyōsaku) — state of being narrow
- Japanese: 狭隘 (kyōai) — state of being narrow
- Latin: angustia — state of being narrow
- Macedonian: тесно́тија (tesnótija) — state of being narrow
- Macedonian: те́снота (tésnota) — state of being narrow
- Macedonian: сте́снетост (stésnetost) — state of being narrow
- Eastern Mari: аҥысыр (aŋysyr) — state of being narrow
- Middle English: narwenesse — state of being narrow
- Portuguese: estreiteza — state of being narrow
- Russian: у́зость (úzostʹ) — state of being narrow
- Spanish: estrechez — state of being narrow
- Turkish: darlık — state of being narrow
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