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widespread
/ˈwaɪdˈspɹɛd/
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What does widespread mean?
adjective
- Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
- Spread far apart.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈwaɪdˈspɹɛd/
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Worn and exhausted, he leaned upon his rifle and shook his gaunt hand fiercely at the silent widespread city beneath him.
I do not mean widespread public recognition, nor that ignorant, half-sincere respect which is commonly accorded to artists who have achieved success.
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Do not fall into the widespread error that the angle of incidence varies as the angle of the aeroplane to the horizontal.
Fortunately there is little prospect of any widespread antagonism among property owners so long as aviators refrain from making nuisances of themselves.
Hysteria, I had almost said fortunately, is nowadays so widespread that everybody has some approximate knowledge of how it affects its victims.