widespread
playSimple Definition of widespread
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: common over a wide area or among many people
Full Definition of widespread
1 : widely diffused or prevalent <widespread public interest>
2 : widely extended or spread out <low, widespread hood and fenders — Time> <a widespread erosion surface — C. B. Hitchcock>
Examples of widespread in a sentence
There is widespread public interest in the election.
Trade partners had become more widespread.
There was widespread opposition to the plan.
1582
First Known Use of widespread
1582
WIDESPREAD Defined for Kids
widespread
playDefinition of widespread for Students
1 : widely stretched out <widespread wings>
2 : widely scattered <widespread public interest>
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