widespreadadjective
uk/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us/ˌwaɪdˈspred/C1 existing or happening in many places and/or among many people:
There are reports of widespread flooding in northern France.
Malnutrition in the region is widespread - affecting up to 78 percent of children under five years old.
The campaign has received widespread support.
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- There's widespread agreement that the law should be changed.
- The next 36 hours will be even colder with snow showers becoming more widespread.
- His economic policies have won widespread praise for reducing government debt.
- The review exposed widespread corruption in the police force.
- The designs for the new mosque have attracted widespread criticism.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Spreading and scattering
- all over the place idiom
- bedaub
- bestrew
- billow
- circulate
- fan out
- go round (somewhere)
- go/do the rounds idiom
- percolate
- radial
- radiate
- slap
- sprawl
- spread
- spread out
- sprinkling
- straggle
- stretch
- strew
- sweep
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