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widespread

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wide⋅spread

  [wahyd-spred]
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–adjective
1. spread over or open, or occupying a wide space.
2. distributed over a wide region, or occurring in many places or among many persons or individuals: widespread poverty.
Origin:
1695–1705; wide + spread

Synonyms:
2. far-reaching, extensive, pervasive, far-flung.
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wide·spread   (wīd'sprěd')   
adj.  

  1. Spread or scattered over a considerable extent: widespread fallout from a nuclear explosion.

  2. Occurring or accepted widely: a widespread misunderstanding.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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