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wide-ranging en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Occurring over a wide range; appearing throughout a broad region, or extending over a diverse spectrum of possibilities.
   • At least half of this traffic is coal from the Yorkshire pits, an increasing amount of which is running in block trains that bypass the yard on the main line; the remainder is wide-ranging in its diversity, from wool to wine and textiles to timber. 1963 September, “The new Tyne and Healey Mills yards of the North Eastern”, in Modern Railways, page 169:
   • wide-ranging sanctions

Forms

Deriveds

wide-rangingly · wide-rangingness

Relateds

long-ranging

Synonyms

broad-based