Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To make or become wide or wider.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Widely; wide.
- To make wide or wider; extend in breadth; expand: as, to
widen a street. - To throw open.
- In knitting, to make larger by increasing the number of stitches: opposed to narrow.
- To grow wide or wider; enlarge; extend itself; expand; broaden.
- In knitting, to increase the number of stitches: as, to
widen at the third row.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of
- intransitive verb To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To become
wide orwider . - verb transitive To make
wide orwider . - verb transitive To
let out clothes to alarger size . - verb transitive To
broaden orextend inscope orrange .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb extend in scope or range or area
- verb make (clothes) larger
- verb make wider
- verb become broader or wider or more extensive
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Examples
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In comparing losses, use the term widen or narrow rather than increase or decrease.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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In comparing losses, use the term widen or narrow rather than increase or decrease.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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In short, widen the deficit now and shrink it more later.
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The common theory is that when yield spreads widen, which is when the so-called yield curve steepens, it suggests investors are optimistic about the strength of the economy.
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Toyota pedal maker CTS thrust into spotlight as recalls widen
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They've created sort of a trench around him to kind of widen this gap so that the rescue workers can get whatever kind of equipment as well as the personnel down there to get him.
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In fact, I would generally harry, hassle and hound them until they give up or leave the country. my emphasis obviouslyThese powers already exist to some extent note Blair's use of the word "widen".
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