# wide-spreade

**Pronunciation:** WIDE-SPREADE

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** adjective

## Meaning

Wide-spreade means affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

## Examples

- The writer described the response as wide-spreade.
- A wide-spreade tone can change the mood of a conversation.
- The situation became wide-spreade after the announcement.

## Common patterns

- wide-spreade + noun — Use wide-spreade before a noun to describe that quality. — The writer described a wide-spreade reaction.
- become wide-spreade — Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — The discussion became wide-spreade near the end.

## Collocations

- wide-spreade behavior — The teacher calmly handled the wide-spreade behavior.
- wide-spreade tone — The email had an wide-spreade tone.

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