# wide-spreading

**Pronunciation:** WIDE-SPREADING

**CEFR level:** C1

**Part of speech:** adjective

## Meaning

Wide-spreading means spreading over a wide area.

## Examples

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

## Common patterns

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

## Collocations

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

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