American English pronunciation
How to pronounce narrower
IPA transcription: ['nɛɹoʊɚ]
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Adjective
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not wide
“a narrow bridge”
“a narrow line across the page”
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lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
“a brilliant but narrow-minded judge”
“narrow opinions”
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very limited in degree
“won by a narrow margin”
“a narrow escape”
Adjective
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limited in size or scope
“the narrow sense of a word”
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characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
“a minute inspection of the grounds”
“a narrow scrutiny”
“an exact and minute report”
Usage examples
- However many minor railways, both public and industrial, were built to narrower gauges.
- A typical drawer is narrower than a comparable shelf.
- The head and pronotum are narrower than the elytra.
- As a consequence of bipedalism, human females have narrower birth canals.
- However, narrower engines can be mounted lower and ideally should use dry-sump lubrication.
- This fact makes the daily thermal oscillation to be narrower than other Colombian cities.