broadband
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
A fast internet connection using existing phone or cable lines
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
brawdbandSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbɹɔdbænd
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Internet
An Internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or a cable modem.
telecommunications
A wideband of electromagnetic frequencies.
adjective
telecommunications
Responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies
telecommunications
Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: (Internet) An Internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or a cable modem.
Used this way, broadband is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technology and technical or specialist writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Technology
- Technical/specialist writing
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