Dictionary

widespread en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/
• /ˈwaɪdˌspɹɛd/ prenominal
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Etymology

From wide + spread.

Meanings

1. Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
   • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar. 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:
   • The storm caused widespread damage.
   • widespread criticism
   • Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic[…] Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures. 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
   • widespread acceptance
   • There was widespread support for the proposal.
   • widespread belief
2. (uncommon) Spread far apart.
   • Women with knee-length silk stockings, sitting with widespread legs on sunwashed green benches 1964, Evan Hunter, Buddwing:

Forms

Antonyms

endemic · few and far between · rare · contained · limited · uncommon · focused

Deriveds

widespreadness · widespreadly

Hyponyms

epidemic · enphytotic · hyperendemic · permeating · current · enzootic · penetrating · panphytotic · pervading · panzootic · pandemic

Synonyms

ubiquitous · rife · universal · pervasive · common · widespread · regnant · extensive · systemic · prevailing · spread out · disseminated · far-flung · prevalent · predominant

Translations (53)

es extenso (affecting a large area) · mk широко распространет (affecting a large area) · pt amplo (affecting a large area) · cs rozšířený (affecting a large area) · pt difundido (affecting a large area) · is útbreiddur (affecting a large area) · ro extins (affecting a large area) · es generalizado (affecting a large area) · it esteso (affecting a large area) · sv utbredd (affecting a large area) · bg обширен (affecting a large area) · es amplio (affecting a large area) · sh raširen (affecting a large area) · it ampio (affecting a large area) · ru широко́ распространённый (affecting a large area) · fr généralisé (affecting a large area) · hu elterjedt (affecting a large area) · tr yaygın (affecting a large area) · es común (affecting a large area) · it diffuso (affecting a large area) · pt lato (affecting a large area) · uk розповсю́джений (affecting a large area) · ka ფართოდ გავრცელებული (affecting a large area) · cmn 廣泛 /广泛 (affecting a large area) · gl extenso (affecting a large area) · de weitläufig (affecting a large area) · fr répandu (affecting a large area) · ga go forleathan (affecting a large area) · mi pārāweranui (affecting a large area) · mi mawhera (affecting a large area) · pt generalizado (affecting a large area) · ka გავრცელებული (affecting a large area) · mi tukupū (affecting a large area) · fi laajalle levinnyt (affecting a large area) · mi rangiwhāwhā (affecting a large area) · sv omfattande (affecting a large area) · es extendido (affecting a large area) · nl wijdverspreid (affecting a large area) · pt difuso (affecting a large area) · mi tukipū (affecting a large area) · la pervagātus (affecting a large area) · es masivo (affecting a large area) · ca estès (affecting a large area) · uk широ́ко поши́рений (affecting a large area) · pl rozpowszechniony (affecting a large area) · ro răspândit (affecting a large area) · bg широко разпространен (affecting a large area) · pl powszechny (affecting a large area) · de weitverbreitet (affecting a large area) · el διαδεδομένος (affecting a large area) · de weit verstreut (affecting a large area) · la lātus (affecting a large area) · fi laaja (affecting a large area)