Widespread
['waɪdspred;-'spred] or ['waɪdsprɛd]
Definition
(adj.) widely circulated or diffused; 'a widespread doctrine'; 'widespread fear of nuclear war' .
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Definition
(a.) Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.
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Examples
- The first civilizations in Egypt and the Euphrates-Tigris valley probably developed directly out of this widespread culture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The commercial motorcycle is said to be gaining widespread favor, and therein lies its greatest future. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Her eyes were widespread in an expression of horrified anticipation and fixed directly upon me as I came in sight above the edge of the deck. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Its widespread altars were all addressed to the unseen universal Trinity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For this reason, the introduction of gas met with widespread success. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is too widespread for any such glib explanation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The magnificent rugs and tapestries of Persia and Turkey, and the silks of India and Japan, give evidence that a knowledge of dyes is widespread and ancient. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Three things in particular may be cited to sustain the opinion that this period was a period of widespread unhappiness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Close upon these disturbances, and probably connected with them, came a widespread peasants' revolt throughout Germany. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the earlier years of the war there was a very widespread feeling of brotherhood and the common interest in all the belligerent states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Probably no industrial operation excites more widespread interest, when accorded publicity, than the mining of coal, and that because of the dangers which attend it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A glance into our machine shops, our factories, and even our homes shows how widespread is the use of complex machinery. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is safe to say that nothing has done more to relieve this loneliness and prevent the drift from the farms to the cities, than the widespread establishment of rural telephone service. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A great change of spirit had gone on during the intervening years, a widespread realization of the need of unity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a widespread, comfortable-looking building, two-storied, slate-roofed, with great yellow blotches of lichen upon the grey walls. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They created a society more free from widespread cruelty and social oppression than any society had ever been in the world before. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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