Meaning

5 senses
  1. (intransitive)To become wide or wider.

    His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.

    sich weiten

    расширя́тьсяrasširjátʹsja, расши́ритьсяrasšíritʹsja

    become broader or wider or more extensive

  2. (transitive)To make wide or wider.

    erweitern, weiten

    расширя́тьrasširjátʹ, расши́ритьrasšíritʹ

    make wider

  3. (transitive)To let out clothes to a larger size.

    She widened his trousers for him.

    make (clothes) larger

  4. (transitive)To broaden or extend in scope or range.

    The police widened their enquiries.

    erweitern

    расширя́тьrasširjátʹ, расши́ритьrasšíritʹ

    extend in scope or range or area

  5. (transitive)To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.

    to widen a short variable to an int variable

Examples

47 sentences
  1. Tom's eyes widened.

    Очі Тома розширилися.

    ruГлаза Тома расширились.

    deToms Augen weiteten sich.

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  2. This road was widened last year.

    ruЭту дорогу в прошлом году расширили.

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  3. They widened this road last year.

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  4. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening.

    ruПропасть между богатыми и бедными растёт.

    deDie Kluft zwischen Reich und Arm wird immer größer.

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  5. He is the first national politician to be named in a widening corruption scandal.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to become wider:
to make wider:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to become wider:
to make wider:

Forms

widens, widening, widened, widened
Base formwiden · to widen
3rd person singularwidens
Present participlewidening
Past simplewidened
Past participlewidened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywiden
he, she, itwidens

Past simpleLesson

all personswidened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave widened
he, she, ithas widened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill widen

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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