spread
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5.8
- noun
- /sprɛd/
- Jargon
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doble página
- In this art book, each two-page spread beautifully displays the artist's work side by side.
- a page spread
- a double-page spread
- a photo spread
And I was at Palace and then I played and then a big thing come out in the News of the World, a double page spread.
- And I was at Palace and then I played and then a big thing come out in the News of the World, a double page spread.
Examples
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They want me to do a four-page spread - big feature on cosmetic surgery.
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What I like is that the majority of the book is one photo, one page spread per episode over the three seasons.
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When are we doing that spread for People magazine?
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Maybe a two page spread.
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A few months later, the photo spread appeared in an art magazine and then in the New Orleans Times.
Fiction book (1995) -
A fashion spread in Marie Claire magazine...
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The Travel and Leisure section is doing a big spread on places to avoid like the plague.
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We have a Pat Parker photo spread for the first edition.
Fiction book (1990) -
Many picture books use wordless double spreads to convey strong emotions for which words would be insufficient and inadequate.
Academic text (2013) -
The banner visually identifies the two-page spreads, linking the articles together into a coherent story.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
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3.0
Two pages that are opposite each other when a book is open
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3.9
Two pages in the middle of a magazine or newspaper showing a large photo
Two pages that face each other when a book or magazine is open
Idioms
- Offensive
To spread bad news or rumors very quickly and be hard to stop
Compounds
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1.0
A soft food made from cheese mixed with butter, cream, or spices to spread on bread
- Specialized
A jump with arms and legs stretched out to the sides like an eagle
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spread for two facing pages in a book comes from the idea of opening pages out across space, from an old word meaning 'stretch'. That's why a photo 'spread' shows an image stretched across two pages.