widespread

Bridgezipf 4.19

Pronunciation

/ˈwaɪdspred/(WYD-spred)

Part of speech

adjectiveneutral

Chinese

广泛的；普遍的（存在于许多地方或被许多人所持有）

Definition

Found or distributed over a large area or number of people; prevalent.

Word family

  • widely/ˈwaɪdli/(adv)广泛地
  • spread/spred/(v/n)传播；扩散

Collocations

  • widespread concern
  • widespread support
  • widespread use
  • widespread adoption
  • become widespread
  • widespread impact

Examples

  1. 1.There is widespread concern among researchers that the current pace of deforestation is irreversible.
  2. 2.Mobile payment technology has seen widespread adoption in East Asia, far outpacing uptake in Europe and North America.

Synonyms

  • extensive/ɪkˈstensɪv/— covering a large area
  • prevalent/ˈprevələnt/— most common in a place
  • pervasive/pəˈveɪsɪv/— spreading through everything

Etymology

from "wide" (Old English "wid") + "spread" (Old English "spraedan")