widespread

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
18
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/
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/ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/ · /ˈwaɪdˌspɹɛd/

Definition of widespread

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  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.”
    “The storm caused widespread damage.”
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adj

  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.”
    “The storm caused widespread damage.”
  2. (uncommon)Spread far apart.
    “Women with knee-length silk stockings, sitting with widespread legs on sunwashed green benches”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From wide + spread.

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