Pronunciations (2)
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/ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/
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/ˈwaɪdˌspɹɛd/
Adjective
Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
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widespread belief
widespread criticism
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widespread acceptance
There was widespread support for the proposal.
The storm caused widespread damage.
It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic[…] Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.
Spread far apart.
Usage- Uncommon
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Women with knee-length silk stockings, sitting with widespread legs on sunwashed green benches
Adjective
widely circulated or diffused
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a widespread doctrine
widespread fear of nuclear war
distributed over a considerable extent
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far-flung trading operations
the West's far-flung mountain ranges
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widespread nuclear fallout