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Grammar : Adj
Spell : wahyd-spred
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd



Definition of widespread

Origin :
  • 1705, from wide + spread.
  • adj extensive
Example sentences :
  • Some had evidently come from afar, for the fame of the revivalist was widespread.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • To resume, monogamy is by far the most widespread form of marriage.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • But, even so, the widespread destruction could not be accounted for.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • The sources of information of the Weather Bureau are widespread.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • But no one imagined, at that time, how widespread was the Katipunan league.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • In the discussion of witchcraft, it has been shown that a delusion may be as widespread as a truth.
  • Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks
  • Moralism is perhaps the most widespread of all the concepts that we are now discussing.
  • Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
  • Among white Southerners this feeling is widespread and positive.
  • Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various
  • There is a widespread view that may be expressed somewhat as follows.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • It is undoubtedly her songs that have made her fame so widespread.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Work in Music » by Arthur Elson

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