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widespread

adjective
USwyd-SPRED/ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/

2 meanings of widespread

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Found across a large area, or affecting many people or places.

    Like a spill that spreads across a whole floor instead of staying in one spot.

    The storm caused widespread damage across the whole state.

    There is widespread support for the new park.

    Similarprevalent, common, rife, pervasive, extensive

    Oppositerare, limited, isolated, localized

  2. 2
    adjectiverare
    Stretched out wide, with the parts far apart from each other.
    Women with knee-length silk stockings, sitting with widespread legs on sunwashed green benches
    1964, Evan Hunter, BuddwingHere, widespread means spread wide apart.

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Origin

It comes from putting together 'wide' and 'spread'.