widespread
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- //ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd//
Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
adjective
- 1
Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
widespread belief
widespread criticism
widespread acceptance
There was widespread support for the proposal.
- 2
Spread far apart.
Women with knee-length silk stockings, sitting with widespread legs on sunwashed green benches
Etymology
From wide + spread.
Forms
- comparative
- more widespread, widerspread
- superlative
- most widespread, widestspread
wicked · Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.wide · Having a large physical extent from side to side.widely · In a wide manner; across a wide area.
widespread · Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
widow · A person whose spouse is absent: A person who has lost a…widower · A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a…width · The state of being wide.