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English: broadly

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English term or phrase:broadly
German translation:weitgehend
Entered by:Sebastian Viebahn
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Social Sciences - Government / Politics
English term or phrase: broadly
... economic diversity which presents at least somewhat similar political problems and possibilities regarding fiscal connections among disparate parts of the system. Are there single equilibrium solutions to most fiscal choices? Not many would argue that very likely even within a single political system. What then of the range of fiscal equilibria in different systems—should these be *broadly* similar, overlap slightly, or in an extreme be distinct from each other? Sorting our way through these kinds of questions should help us untangle the strands of similarity and difference that together constitute different modern fiscal situations.

Bedeutet "broadly" hier "deutlich" oder "in hohem Maß"?

Mein Versuch: ... Und was gilt für die Bandbreite der fiskalischen Gleichgewichte in unterschiedlichen Systemen – sollten sie sich *deutlich* ähneln, sich leicht überschneiden, oder im Extremfall gar völlig unterschiedlich sein? ...
Sebastian Viebahn
Germany
weitgehend
Explanation:
Ich meine, es geht hier nicht um die Vorstellung einer wünschenswerten Situation - sollten sie .... sein - sondern um den status quo, der im Potentialis dargestellt wird: sollten sie etwa/möglicherweise ... sein/sind diese vielleicht ...
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Walter Guenther
Germany
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Dankeschön, Walter, besten Dank auch den KommentatorInnen.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3weitgehendWalter Guenther
3sollten ... im Allgemeinen/in grossen zügen ähnlichDavid Hollywood


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
weitgehend

Explanation:
Ich meine, es geht hier nicht um die Vorstellung einer wünschenswerten Situation - sollten sie .... sein - sondern um den status quo, der im Potentialis dargestellt wird: sollten sie etwa/möglicherweise ... sein/sind diese vielleicht ...

Walter Guenther
Germany
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Note from asker to answerer
Dankeschön, Walter, besten Dank auch den KommentatorInnen.

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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sollten ... im Allgemeinen/in grossen zügen ähnlich

Explanation:
to be broadly similar. There was evidence, however, in the range of pH 6.7-6.9, that ..... allgemeinen ahnlich zu sein. Im pH-Bereich von 6,7- ...
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German, in großen zügen, in großen Zügen, broadly, along general lines. Source: compiled by the editor from the definition of broadly; see credits. ...
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.... sein ....

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"in großen Zügen" of course ....

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"broadly" bedeutet "without regard to specific details or exceptions" (e.g. "he interprets the law broadly")


David Hollywood
Argentina
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2
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