Widen
verb
To make or become larger in size or range.
The road widens after that turn.
Often appears as...
- the gap widens
- a smile widens
verb
To spread out in all directions from a center.
Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw the gift.
Often appears as...
- the circle widens
- the search widens
verb
To increase the amount or range of something.
We're looking to widen our scope in the market.
Often appears as...
- the gap widens
- interest widens
verb
To make or become larger in size or range.
The road widens after that turn.
Often appears as...
- the gap widens
- a smile widens
verb
To spread out in all directions from a center.
Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw the gift.
Often appears as...
- the circle widens
- the search widens
verb
To increase the amount or range of something.
We're looking to widen our scope in the market.
Often appears as...
- the gap widens
- interest widens
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Change
Used when referring to actual changes in size or measurements.
The room widens with the new layout.
Pro Tip 2/2Gradual Process
Describes something that happens slowly over time.
The riverbed slowly widens due to erosion.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Change
Used when referring to actual changes in size or measurements.
The room widens with the new layout.
Pro Tip 2/2Gradual Process
Describes something that happens slowly over time.
The riverbed slowly widens due to erosion.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Change
Used when referring to actual changes in size or measurements.
The room widens with the new layout.
Pro Tip 2/2Gradual Process
Describes something that happens slowly over time.
The riverbed slowly widens due to erosion.
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How economic inequality...
you should immediately what happens if we widen the differences, or compress them, make the income differences bigger or smaller? And that's what I'm going to show you. I'm not using any hypothetical data. I'm taking data from the U.N. -- it's the same as the World Bank has --
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Lessons we can learn...
widen the aperture of the modern veteran experience and try to bridge the divide between our civilian and our military populations too often our media has paid disproportionate attention to veterans who have committed crimes those struggling in their transitions those
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The unforeseen...
We didn't evolve to multitask. Rather, we evolved to do one thing with incredible focus, like hunt -- not necessarily with great speed but with endurance for great distance. But now there's a widening gap between our biology and our lifestyles,
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How do your hormones...
and height to increase. In women, estrogen secreted from the ovaries signals the start of adulthood. It helps the body develop, makes the hips widen, and thickens the womb’s lining, preparing the body for menstruation or pregnancy.
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Dambisa Moyo: Is China...
is likely to widen. What might that world look like? Well, the world could look like more state involvement and state capitalism; greater protectionisms of nation-states; but also, as I just pointed out a moment ago,
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Steven Pinker and...
But if empathy wasn't enough to make us more humane, what else was there? Well, you didn't mention what might be one of our most effective better reason. Reason has muscle. It's reason that provides the push to widen
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How to Raise Successful...
went to a college over here and flunked out. The evidence is in this room, is in our communities, that this is the truth. And if we could widen our blinders and be willing to look at a few more colleges,
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
call for desperate measures as the search widens a small group of Corral workers head towards the trough this is unfamiliar ground for them they are heading toward disaster
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The dirty secret of...
Under this economic logic, greed is good, widening inequality is efficient, and the only purpose of the corporation can be to enrich shareholders,
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What is Skin? PIPE National...
widen to release from our bodies but sometimes that's not enough a good workout can raise the body's temperature several degrees above normal
Video examples
How economic inequality...
you should immediately what happens if we widen the differences, or compress them, make the income differences bigger or smaller? And that's what I'm going to show you. I'm not using any hypothetical data. I'm taking data from the U.N. -- it's the same as the World Bank has --
Video examples
Lessons we can learn...
widen the aperture of the modern veteran experience and try to bridge the divide between our civilian and our military populations too often our media has paid disproportionate attention to veterans who have committed crimes those struggling in their transitions those
Video examples
The unforeseen...
We didn't evolve to multitask. Rather, we evolved to do one thing with incredible focus, like hunt -- not necessarily with great speed but with endurance for great distance. But now there's a widening gap between our biology and our lifestyles,
Video examples
How do your hormones...
and height to increase. In women, estrogen secreted from the ovaries signals the start of adulthood. It helps the body develop, makes the hips widen, and thickens the womb’s lining, preparing the body for menstruation or pregnancy.
Video examples
Dambisa Moyo: Is China...
is likely to widen. What might that world look like? Well, the world could look like more state involvement and state capitalism; greater protectionisms of nation-states; but also, as I just pointed out a moment ago,
Video examples
Steven Pinker and...
But if empathy wasn't enough to make us more humane, what else was there? Well, you didn't mention what might be one of our most effective better reason. Reason has muscle. It's reason that provides the push to widen
Video examples
How to Raise Successful...
went to a college over here and flunked out. The evidence is in this room, is in our communities, that this is the truth. And if we could widen our blinders and be willing to look at a few more colleges,
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
call for desperate measures as the search widens a small group of Corral workers head towards the trough this is unfamiliar ground for them they are heading toward disaster
Video examples
The dirty secret of...
Under this economic logic, greed is good, widening inequality is efficient, and the only purpose of the corporation can be to enrich shareholders,
Video examples
What is Skin? PIPE National...
widen to release from our bodies but sometimes that's not enough a good workout can raise the body's temperature several degrees above normal
Example 1 of 10
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Julius Wellhausen
German Educator
One other fact is significant: the domestic feasts and sacrifices of single families, which in David's time must still have been general, gradually declined and lost their importance as social circles widened and life became more public.
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Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Trinidadian Politician
Looking towards the future, one of the most important issues the national community must face is the widening gap between the liberated, modern, independent women and our traditional men who are being left behind.
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Paul Farmer
American Educator
In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order to treat HIV among the world's poor is one of the last great hopes of solidarity across a widening divide.
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Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Climate change is the central environmental ill of our time. We have an obligation to protect our children from the dangers of this widening scourge, and we aren't yet doing enough about it.
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Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
We experimented with stuff that some might find crazy, but we wanted to widen and make the spectrums of influence much larger, because house and electronic music is about freedom.
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James Broughton
American Director
I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
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Shakuntala Devi
Indian Writer
Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.
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Seamus Heaney
Irish Poet
I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.
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Stefan Zweig
Austrian Writer
Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon.
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Julius Wellhausen
German Educator
One other fact is significant: the domestic feasts and sacrifices of single families, which in David's time must still have been general, gradually declined and lost their importance as social circles widened and life became more public.
Quote examples
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Trinidadian Politician
Looking towards the future, one of the most important issues the national community must face is the widening gap between the liberated, modern, independent women and our traditional men who are being left behind.
Quote examples
Paul Farmer
American Educator
In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order to treat HIV among the world's poor is one of the last great hopes of solidarity across a widening divide.
Quote examples
Frances Beinecke
American Activist
Climate change is the central environmental ill of our time. We have an obligation to protect our children from the dangers of this widening scourge, and we aren't yet doing enough about it.
Quote examples
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
We experimented with stuff that some might find crazy, but we wanted to widen and make the spectrums of influence much larger, because house and electronic music is about freedom.
Quote examples
James Broughton
American Director
I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action.
Quote examples
Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
Quote examples
Shakuntala Devi
Indian Writer
Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.
Quote examples
Seamus Heaney
Irish Poet
I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.
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Stefan Zweig
Austrian Writer
Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon.
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