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adjectivespread over or open, or occupying a wide space. distributed over a wide region, or occurring in many places or among many persons or individuals: widespread poverty. Origin of widespreadFirst recorded in 1695–1705; wide + spread SYNONYMS FOR widespread2 far-reaching, extensive, pervasive, far-flung. SEE SYNONYMS FOR widespread ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby widespreadwiden, wide-open, wide-ranging, wide receiver, wide-screen, widespread, wide-spreading, widgeon, widget, widgie, widish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for widespreadBut the inability to measure progress in the ISIS campaign is widespread. Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST Where the force generating those threats is a widespread, self-sustaining, and virulent social movement? Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism|Arthur Chu|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST Widespread, popular protests began last week after the local grand jury decision. Eric Garner Protesters Have a Direct Line to City Hall|Jacob Siegel|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The history of journalism is filled with hoaxes, sensationalism, and widespread misconceptions. I Blame People Who Blame the Media: Robert McCulloch’s Tone-Deaf Speech|Arthur Chu|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But amid this widespread and sustained dissatisfaction, 2014 was a terrible year for third-party candidates. How to Run a Statewide Campaign on $38|Michael Ames|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 1934 a widespread fire deforested large areas of pinyon-juniper woodland on the northern end of Wetherill Mesa. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado|Charles L. Douglas Thus a widespread relation of mutual helpfulness exists between plants and animals. A Civic Biology|George William Hunter The old chronicle is entirely in error when it repeats the then widespread rumour of Mary's inclination for Courtenay. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6)|Leopold von Ranke Gastrophilus equi is the most widespread and common of the horse bot-flies. Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley The great Bank failure produced heart-rending and widespread distress. Philosopher Jack|R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for widespread
adjectiveextending over a wide area accepted by or occurring among many people Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to widespreadboundless, broad, common, comprehensive, current, diffuse, epidemic, far-flung, far-reaching, general, overall, pervasive, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, rampant, regnant, rife, ruling |