One student says the purge is still going on in China and terror is widespread.
Source: tatoeba (21407)
Widespread
//ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd//
Synonyms for "widespread" (138 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (69)
outstretchedpatulouspopularprescribedprescriptiveprevalentpublicrampantreceivedregnantregularregulationriferoomyrulingscatteredsetspacioussparsesplay
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Adjective(12 words)
Adverb(1 words)
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11 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- обширен adj (affecting a large area)
- широко разпространен adj (affecting a large area)
Catalan
1 entries- estès adj (affecting a large area)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 廣泛 /广泛 adj (affecting a large area)
Dutch
1 entries- wijdverspreid adj (affecting a large area)
Finnish
2 entries- laaja adj (affecting a large area)
- laajalle levinnyt adj (affecting a large area)
French
2 entries- généralisé adj (affecting a large area)
- répandu adj (affecting a large area)
Galician
1 entries- extenso adj (affecting a large area)
Georgian
2 entries- გავრცელებული adj (affecting a large area)
- ფართოდ გავრცელებული adj (affecting a large area)
German
3 entries- weit verstreut adj (affecting a large area)
- weitläufig adj (affecting a large area)
- weitverbreitet adj (affecting a large area)
Greek
1 entries- διαδεδομένος adj (affecting a large area)
Hungarian
1 entries- elterjedt adj (affecting a large area)
Icelandic
1 entries- útbreiddur adj (affecting a large area)
Irish
1 entries- go forleathan adj (affecting a large area)
Italian
3 entries- ampio adj (affecting a large area)
- diffuso adj (affecting a large area)
- esteso adj (affecting a large area)
Latin
2 entries- lātus adj (affecting a large area)
- pervagātus adj (affecting a large area)
Macedonian
1 entries- широко распространет adj (affecting a large area)
Māori
4 entries- mawhera adj (affecting a large area)
- mawhera adj (affecting a large area)
- pārāweranui adj (affecting a large area)
- rangiwhāwhā adj (affecting a large area)
Polish
1 entries- rozpowszechniony adj (affecting a large area)
Portuguese
4 entries- amplo adj (affecting a large area)
- difundido adj (affecting a large area)
- difuso adj (affecting a large area)
- generalizado adj (affecting a large area)
Romanian
2 entries- extins adj (affecting a large area)
- răspândit adj (affecting a large area)
Russian
1 entries- широко́ распространённый adj (affecting a large area)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- raširen adj (affecting a large area)
Spanish
4 entries- amplio adj (affecting a large area)
- común adj (affecting a large area)
- extendido adj (affecting a large area)
- extenso adj (affecting a large area)
Swedish
2 entries- omfattande adj (affecting a large area)
- utbredd adj (affecting a large area)
Turkish
1 entries- yaygın adj (affecting a large area)
Ukrainian
2 entries- розповсю́джений adj (affecting a large area)
- широ́ко поши́рений adj (affecting a large area)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
There was widespread panic after the earthquake.
Source: tatoeba (45132)
The earthquake caused widespread damage.
Source: tatoeba (45135)
The loss of childhood spontaneity has caused widespread concern, as well as calls for review of the nation's educational and social structures.
Source: tatoeba (51036)
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