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verb
- 1. make or become wider: "we should widen the scope of our investigation" Similar Opposite
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WIDEN definition: 1. to become, or to make something greater in width: 2. to (cause something to) become larger or…. Learn more.
The meaning of WIDEN is to increase the width, scope, or extent of. How to use widen in a sentence.
Definition of widen verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Widen definition: to make or become wide or wider; broaden; expand.. See examples of WIDEN used in a sentence.
When you made something broader or more open, you widen it. In order to add bike lanes on your street, the city may need to widen it. Your friend's smile will undoubtedly widen when you hand him a chocolate cupcake — in other words, what starts as a grin gets bigger and wider.
to become farther in distance from one side to the other: [ I ] After it passes through town, the road widens. to allow or encourage influence by something else: [ T ] Let’s widen the discussion by listening to people with other points of view.
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. [ VERB noun ]
verb. 1. broaden, expand, enlarge, dilate, spread, extend, stretch, open wide, open out or up He had an operation to widen an artery in his heart. broaden reduce, narrow, shrink, diminish, tighten, compress, constrict.
to become wider or make something become wider: The road is being widened to two lanes. widen verb [I, T] (INCREASE) B2. to increase or make something increase in number or degree: to widen choice. (Definition of widen from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of widen. in Chinese (Traditional)
To broaden or extend in scope or range. The police widened their enquiries. Wiktionary. Synonyms: extend. broaden. let out. augment. spread-out. add to. give more space. enlarge. increase. distend. stretch. swell. open. multiply.
