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Widen
//ˈwaɪdn̩//
Synonyms for "widen" (97 found)
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71 translations across 25 languages.
Aromanian
1 entries- lãrdzescu verb (to make wider)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отпускам verb (to let out clothes)
- разширявам verb (to make wider)
- разширявам verb (to broaden or extend)
- разширявам се verb (to become wider)
Catalan
3 entries- ampliar verb (to make wider)
- eixamplar verb (to broaden or extend)
- estendre verb (to broaden or extend)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- پان بوون verb (to become wider)
- پان کردن verb (to make wider)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 擴大 /扩大 verb (to become wider)
Czech
1 entries- rozšířit verb (to make wider)
Finnish
4 entries- laajentaa verb (to make wider)
- laajentaa verb (to broaden or extend)
- laajentua verb (to become wider)
- leventää verb (to let out clothes)
French
4 entries- s’élargir verb (to become wider)
- élargir verb (to make wider)
- élargir verb (to let out clothes)
- élargir verb (to broaden or extend)
Galician
2 entries- anchear verb (to become wider)
- anchear verb (to make wider)
German
4 entries- erweitern verb (to make wider)
- erweitern verb (to broaden or extend)
- sich weiten verb (to become wider)
- weiten verb (to make wider)
Ido
2 entries- larjeskar verb (to become wider)
- larjigar verb (to make wider)
Ingrian
1 entries- levetä verb (to become wider)
Italian
3 entries- allargare verb (to make wider)
- allargare verb (to broaden or extend)
- allargarsi verb (to become wider)
Japanese
4 entries- 大きくする verb (to let out clothes)
- 広がる verb (to become wider)
- 広げる verb (to make wider)
- 広まる verb (to become wider)
Latin
1 entries- ampliō verb (to make wider)
Marathi
3 entries- रुंद करणे verb (to make wider)
- रुंद होणे verb (to become wider)
- रुंदावणे verb (to make wider)
Mirandese
2 entries- alargar verb (to make wider)
- alhargar verb (to make wider)
Māori
2 entries- whakawhānui verb (to make wider)
- whakawhānui verb (to broaden or extend)
Old English
1 entries- wīdian verb (to become wider)
Polish
4 entries- poszerzać verb (to make wider)
- poszerzać verb (to let out clothes)
- poszerzać verb (to broaden or extend)
- poszerzać się verb (to become wider)
Portuguese
1 entries- alargar verb (to make wider)
Romanian
1 entries- lărgi verb (to make wider)
Russian
4 entries- расши́рить verb (to make wider)
- расши́рить verb (to broaden or extend)
- расши́риться verb (to become wider)
- расширя́ть verb (to make wider)
Swedish
4 entries- utvidga verb (to broaden or extend)
- utöka verb (to broaden or extend)
- vidga verb (to become wider)
- vidga verb (to make wider)
Yiddish
2 entries- אויסברייטערן verb (to make wider)
- אויסברייטערן זיך verb (to become wider)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
They're trying to widen the road to the village.
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They need to widen the road.
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Algiers needs to widen its streets.
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