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   What is the dictionary definition of widen?

   • Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Widen(verb) to make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.

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   What does a widening mean?

   • If you widen something or if it widens, it becomes greater in measurement from one side or edge to the other. He had an operation last year to widen a heart artery. [VERB noun] The river widens considerably as it begins to turn east. [VERB] They have ordered the widening of the road where the incident took place.

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   What does it mean to widen a road?

   • widen out The road gradually widens out. widen something They may have to widen the road to cope with the increase in traffic. [intransitive, transitive] to become larger in degree or range; to make something larger in degree or range Another concern is the widening gap between rich and poor.

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   What does it mean when a river widens?

   • [VERB noun] The river widens considerably as it begins to turn east. [VERB] They have ordered the widening of the road where the incident took place. If you widen something or if it widens, it becomes greater in range or it affects a larger number of people or things. U.S. prosecutors have widened a securities-fraud investigation.

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   What does a river widen and split mean?

   • The river widens and splits. 2 [intransitive, transitive] to become larger in degree or range, or to make something do this OPP narrow The gap between income and expenditure has widened to 11%.

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   What does broaden mean in English?

   • to make or become wide or wider; broaden; expand. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Government policy has failed to narrow the rich-and-poor gap that widened following the virus outbreak.

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   Widen definition: to make or become wide or wider; broaden; expand.. See examples of WIDEN used in a sentence.

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     Wide-ranging definition: extending over a large area;...

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   The meaning of WIDEN is to increase the width, scope, or extent of. How to use widen in a sentence.

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   WIDEN meaning: 1. to become, or to make something greater in width: 2. to (cause something to) become larger or…. Learn more.

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   Verb. 1. widen - become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened". increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased". flare out, flare - become flared and widen, usually at one end; "The bellbottom pants flare out". dilate, distend - become wider; "His pupils were dilated".

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   widen. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English wid‧en /ˈwaɪdn/ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] to become wider, or to make something wider OPP narrow They’re widening the road. The river widens and splits. 2 [intransitive, transitive] to become larger in degree or range, or to make something do this OPP narrow The gap between ...