widespread
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3.6
- adjective
- /ˈwaɪdˌsprɛd/
- The storm caused widespread damage to homes and businesses across the city.
- widespread use
- widespread adoption
- more widespread
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Watch on YouTubeBut that doesn't mean they are ready for widespread adoption yet.
- But that doesn't mean they are ready for widespread adoption yet.
- It'd stay there for years, block much sunlight, and cause widespread crop failure and famines.
- This was already in widespread use by Native Americans.
- Because that's just a a very generic, widespread issue of our time.
- And so that's become quite widespread and quite acceptable.
- And another thing that's going right is the widespread dissemination of knowledge.
- People, how widespread is the practice of eating rats around the world?
- So yeah, I think rationality is widespread, and that's a good thing.
- And it's not so much people think, oh, there's widespread cell death.
- And that's a shame because it's one of the most widespread causes of pain amongst all of us.
- Why does that work and why didn't it get widespread adoption?
- But still the, the claim of widespread fraud is the thing that bothers people.
- Which of these widespread myths is actually true?
- And then arguably it's it's it's achieving widespread large scale successes.
Examples
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The events drew thousands of attendees and gained widespread national media attention.
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We must discover how widespread this infection is.
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And this can have a widespread range of negative effects on our health.
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For one thing, we have no idea how widespread the native sources are or where they are.
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This was already in widespread use by Native Americans.
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Would you say there was widespread hunger?
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Next year, in my opinion, we'll see widespread depression and unemployment.
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That's a widespread opinion among a lot of smart people.
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By 1910, the Home Rule movement has achieved widespread popular support in Ireland.
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And another thing that's going right is the widespread dissemination of knowledge.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not specific and including most people or cases
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4.1
Large in amount, range, or area
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3.8
Very large and affecting many people or places
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3.8
Common in many places or among many people at a certain time
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7.1
Spreads through a place or group and affects many people
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9.0
Found in many places at the same time
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3.9
Most common at a certain time or in a certain place
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4.8
More common or important than others in a group
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2.9
Found in many parts of the world
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4.1
Affecting all parts of a town, city, or region
Antonyms
Compounds
How Widespread
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Widespread combines the simple words wide ('broad' or 'over a large area') and spread ('to move out or cover'). Think of jam spread wide on bread: it covers a lot, so something widespread is found across a large area or among many people.