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widespread Definition

wide·spread (-spred′)

adjective

spread widely; esp.,

  1. widely extended widespread arms
  2. distributed, circulated, or occurring over a wide area or extent widespread benefits, widespread rumors

widespread Synonyms

widespread

modif.

extensive, general, sweeping, broad, comprehensive, far-reaching, widely accepted, boundless, popular, public, unrestricted, unlimited, on a large scale, over-all.

Antonyms secret*, obscure*, limited.

widespread Usage Examples

Preposition: throughout

  • country: And, from about 1837, the Mechanics ' Institutes, which were now widespread throughout the country, took up this idea.

Modifying Another Word

  • formerly: However, since 1999, some formerly widespread species have declined severely and now have a restricted range.
  • sufficiently: The very minor problem of Y2K was sufficiently widespread to threaten to disrupt much or all of this.
  • increasingly: The increasingly widespread discussion of the topic in recent years basically revolves around numbers.
  • relatively: We will thus be studying, in an experimental setting, two relatively widespread practices in the pig industry.
  • once: This clearly represents an overall decline in both extent and quality of the once widespread and common feature of our countryside.
  • quite: The general appearance of the Aberdeen style is quite widespread across England at the end of the twelfth century.

Modifies a noun

  • adoption: Whether the extra link functionality of XLink is sufficient to justify widespread adoption is still a matter of debate.
  • acclaim: In 1997, Oxford University Press launched, to widespread acclaim, a new paperback series which took these changes into account.
  • acceptance: However, much of the work on transferable skills has largely failed to provide an approach which has gained widespread acceptance.
  • dissatisfaction: There is also widespread dissatisfaction at Dr. Condon's attitude to the case.
  • ignorance: It was founded in 1958 to fight the then widespread ignorance of nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture.
  • condemnation: After a wave of local protests and widespread international condemnation, Grameen withdrew from the agreement.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: In addition the use of the Buy Recycled logo is becoming more widespread.
  • remain: This is, however, selfish and if everybody had that attitude, the diseases would remain widespread.

Preposition: in

  • population: The vaccine targets human papillomavirus ( HPV ), which is widespread in the population.
  • society: Misunderstandings and fears about HIV are still widespread in society.
  • area: They are widespread in this area of Kent; Hayes Common comes to mind as another example.
  • sector: Such schemes are widespread in the film sector, almost non existent for music.
  • part: It is not thought to be a risk in the UK, but is widespread in various parts of Europe.