widen
IPA: wˈaɪdʌn
noun
- A surname from Swedish.
verb
- (intransitive) To become wide or wider.
- (transitive) To make wide or wider.
- (transitive) To let out clothes to a larger size.
- (transitive) To broaden or extend in scope or range.
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.
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Examples of "widen" in Sentences
- Heresy stepped in to widen the breach.
- The widening of the room took three days.
- I widened my room by removing the terrace.
- Note the widening of the blade near the tip.
- Olivia was to transfix an ever widening public.
- The corridor widens in the end into a small blotch.
- Even so, the widening of the franchise caused concern.
- The fissure between the organizations was thus widened.
- Another concern is the widening of income inequality in the region.
- Simultaneously, the geographical spread of the authorship was widened.
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