widespread
pronunciation
How to pronounce widespread in British English:
UK [ˈwaɪdspred]
How to pronounce widespread in American English:
US [ˈwaɪdspred]
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- Adjective:
- widely circulated or diffused
- distributed over a considerable extent
Word Origin
- widespread (adj.)
- also wide-spread, 1705, from wide + past participle of spread (v.). Earlier was wide-spreading (1590s).
Example
- 1. Doubts about safety standards here are widespread .
- 2. Hunger in north korea remains widespread .
- 3. So why is the model not more widespread ?
- 4. There is already widespread disgust at corruption .
- 5. Stable neighbourhoods and widespread home ownership can go together but do not need to .