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spread out en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Analytic form of earlier outspread.

Meanings

1. Far apart, not close to each other, extended over an expanse of space or time.
   • It is extremely time-consuming to use public transportation and the restaurants and dining are very spread out. 2007, Carolyn C. Wise, Stephanie Hauser, The Business School Buzz Book, →ISBN, page 90:
   • The plague is spread person to person, so if the people are very spread out, fewer of them will come in contact with those afflected by the plague. 2014, William W. Johnstone, Warriors from the Ashes, →ISBN:
   • In other words, space is very empty, and particles are very spread out. 2000, Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence, →ISBN:
2. Covering a wide area of space or long period of time.
   • As a result, U.S. cities have become very spread out and cover a great deal of land. 2007, Yukio Noguchi, James M. Poterba, Housing Markets in the United States and Japan, →ISBN, page 133:
   • If you live in or around Houston you cannot survive without wheels. The city is very spread out and continues to sprawl outward and consume more and more real estate. 2011, Cat Schmidt, Peripheral Vision, →ISBN, page 1:
   • The park is very spread out, with two core areas approximately 1.5 km apart, and the trailer dump station almost 2 km away near the park entrance. 2006, Michael Clancy, Anna Clancy, A User's Guide to Saskatchewan Parks, →ISBN, page 69:
   • The t distribution tends to be flatter and more spread out, whereas the normal z distribution has more of a central peak. 2009, Frederick J. Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, →ISBN, page 285:

Forms

Synonyms

sparse · spaced out · loose · spaced out · incompact · uncompact · diffuse · scattered · widespread · dispersed · spread out · noncompact · thin · thin

Translations (10)

aht bedzeʼ (far apart) · ota منتشر (far apart) · ca dispers (far apart) · ar مُنْتَشِر (far apart) · ar مُتَفَرِّق (far apart) · ru расправленный (far apart) · ota بسیط (far apart) · mi pāpua (far apart) · mi toiroa (far apart) · mi tīrara (far apart)

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spread out en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Analytic form of earlier outspread.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) Become further apart.
   • The police spread out to search a wider area.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To place items further apart.
   • Spread the cards out and then turn two of them over at random.

Forms

Translations (16)

fi levittää (to place items further apart) · nmn ǃkxʻáa (to place items further apart) · ar تَفَرَّقَ (to become further apart) · ar فَرَّقَ (to place items further apart) · mi whakahora (to place items further apart) · mi tūrara (to place items further apart) · fi levitä (to become further apart) · mi tūhāngai (to place items further apart) · ota صالمق (open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded) · pt espalhar (to place items further apart) · fi levittäytyä (to become further apart) · pt espalhar-se (to become further apart) · ckb راخستن (to place items further apart) · ckb بڵاوکردن (to place items further apart) · grc πετάννυμι (open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded) · mi takapau (open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded)

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