Meaning

2 senses
  1. Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

    widespread belief

    widespread criticism

    weitläufig, weitverbreitet, weit verstreut

    широко́ распространённыйširokó rasprostranjónnyj

    широ́ко поши́ренийšyróko pošýrenyj, розповсю́дженийrozpovsjúdženyj

    widely circulated or diffused

  2. (uncommon)Spread far apart.

Examples

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  1. How widespread is it?

    Наскільки це розповсюджено?

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  2. There was widespread panic after the earthquake.

    deNach dem Erdbeben brach allenthalben Panik aus.

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  3. The earthquake caused widespread damage.

    ruЗемлетрясение нанесло значительный ущерб.

    deDas Erdbeben verursachte großflächigen Schaden.

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  4. How widespread is this problem?

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  5. How widespread was it?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
affecting a large area:
Русский
By meaning 1
affecting a large area:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
affecting a large area:

Origin

From wide + spread.

From wide + spread.

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Forms

more widespread, most widespread
Comparativemore widespread Lesson
Superlativemost widespread Lesson

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms

Antonyms

7 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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