Definitions for Widespread
ˈwaɪdˈsprɛdwide·spread

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. widespreadadjective

   widely circulated or diffused

   "a widespread doctrine"; "widespread fear of nuclear war"

2. far-flung, widespreadadjective

   distributed over a considerable extent

   "far-flung trading operations"; "the West's far-flung mountain ranges"; "widespread nuclear fallout"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. widespreadadjective

   Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent.

2. Etymology: wide + spread

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1. widespread

   Widespread refers to something that is commonly occurring or extensively recognized, distributed, or established over a large area or among many people. It can relate to a range of things including behaviors, beliefs, diseases, conditions, or phenomena.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Widespreadadjective

   spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Widespread' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3039

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Widespread' in Adjectives Frequency: #416

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Widespread in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Widespread in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Widespread in a Sentence

1. Claudio Cavazzuti:

   Probably there was a change in ideology and a different relationship with the afterlife, and with the sphere of the divine, we can not exclude, however, that cremation became widespread also as a practical response to epidemics, considering the increasing demographic size of the communities and the high degree of mobility and interconnectedness among different regions.

2. Pfizer Covid-19:

   This is the time that's the most dangerous for our children and the entire pandemic because of how widespread Covid is. There is just virus everywhere. Please get your children vaccinated, that is the whole idea of herd immunity, to protect those who need our help the most.

3. Ron DeSantis:

   I think that’s an important distinction to make when you have a variant like omicron which is much more widespread, you are going to have people who get into a car accident and go into the emergency room. They’re swabbing everybody, and you’re going to have people that have incidental positives.

4. Raha Bahreini:

   We fear that there are other unreported cases every year. Women and girls in Iran face domestic violence on a widespread basis, and the Iranian authorities have consistently failed in their obligations to protect the lives and safety of women and girls, iranian authorities have yet to adopt specific legislation criminalizing gender-based violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, marital rape, and early and forced marriage, all of which remain widespread.

5. Elizabeth Prelogar:

   Covid-19 is the deadliest pandemic in American history and it poses a particularly acute workplace danger, workers are getting sick and dying every day because of their exposure to the virus at work. Occupational Safety and Health Administration amassed substantial evidence of widespread workplace outbreaks across industries. Occupational Safety and Health Administration studied the science of how this virus is transmitted and found that workers are exposed to danger when they're inside together for as little as 15 minutes.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Widespread
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Widespread
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Widespread
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Widespread