adj

widespread

wyd-SPREHD

adj

Found or happening over a large area or among many people.

"There was widespread flooding across the region."

"The proposal met with widespread opposition."

How to Use Widespread

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAffecting or found in many places, or believed/done by many people.

Common pairings

widespread damage widespread support widespread use

more widespread comparative, widerspread comparative, most widespread superlative, widestspread superlative

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There was _____ flooding across the region.

From wide + spread, describing something spread out over a broad area.

extensive pervasive prevalent universal ubiquitous common disseminated far-flung predominant prevailing regnant rife

limited contained endemic few and far between focused rare uncommon

absolute abundant conditional common universal generic unholy strange

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extensive pervasive prevalent universal ubiquitous common disseminated far-flung predominant prevailing regnant rife