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📖 Определения и значения для слова widen

📒 to become wider; to make something wider

  • Her eyes widened in surprise.
  • Jasmine's eyes widened with disbelief.
  • widen into something Here the stream widens into a river.

📒 to become larger in degree or range; to make something larger in degree or range

  • Another concern is the widening gap between rich and poor.
  • widen something We plan to widen the scope of our existing activities by offering more language courses.
  • The legislation will be widened to include all firearms.

📒 to consider or include a larger range of options or possibilities, especially when searching for something

  • It's time to widen the net in the search for a suitable candidate.
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