Definitions for widespread
ˈwaɪdˈsprɛdwide·spread

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. widespreadadjective

   widely circulated or diffused

   "a widespread doctrine"; "widespread fear of nuclear war"

2. far-flung, widespreadadjective

   distributed over a considerable extent

   "far-flung trading operations"; "the West's far-flung mountain ranges"; "widespread nuclear fallout"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. widespreadadjective

   Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent.

2. Etymology: wide + spread

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1. widespread

   Widespread refers to something that is commonly occurring or extensively recognized, distributed, or established over a large area or among many people. It can relate to a range of things including behaviors, beliefs, diseases, conditions, or phenomena.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Widespreadadjective

   spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'widespread' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3039

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'widespread' in Adjectives Frequency: #416

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce widespread?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say widespread in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of widespread in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of widespread in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of widespread in a Sentence

1. Graham McGrath:

   While the decision may ruffle a few feathers, gender neutrality in humans has only recently become a widespread topic of conversation, however, it is completely natural for penguins to develop genderless identities as they grow into mature adults, what makes us really proud at the aquarium is the success of Sea Life London's Gentoo breeding program and the amazing job of same-sex penguins Rocky and Marama who took the chick under their wing and raised it as their own.

2. Kim Jung-woo:

   As there are fewer jobs, intensifying competition to secure those seems to be appearing in the college prep process, the widespread perception among Korean society that people can work only if they graduate university is the fundamental cause of this excessive education fever.

3. Murray Ford:

   Marshall Islands started a bit of a goldrush in terms of studies, the signal was kind of consistent -- there's no widespread chronic erosion of atoll islands in the Pacific.

4. Jon Abramson:

   If we can't get four doses of this vaccine into the children, we're not going to be using it, what we are recommending is that before we have widespread use of this vaccine - and we wouldn't necessarily use it in a very low incidence area, but in all medium and high areas - that we know that we can get that fourth dose in.

5. Richard Curtin:

   Consumers held the most favorable long-term prospects for the national economy in the past decade, importantly, the 2014 gains in jobs and wages were widespread across all population subgroups and regions.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=widespread
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Widespread
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/widespread
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=widespread