WIDEN


Meaning of WIDEN in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a grin widens (= someone starts smiling even more )

Marcus's amused grin widened.

a growing/widening gap

There is a widening gap in the academic performance of boys and girls.

a road narrows/widens

After a couple of miles, the road narrows.

broaden/widen your experience (= increase the amount of different experience you have )

After six years with the bank, he went to work in New York to broaden his experience.

extend/broaden/widen a definition (= make it include more ideas )

The new law has broadened the definition of terrorism.

sb’s eyes widen (= become more open because they are surprised )

His eyes widened in shock.

the gap widens

The gap is widening between the incomes of the rich and the less well-off.

widen the gap

Technology has widened the gap between people with and without computer skills.

widen your circle (= make it include more people )

In London she set about widening her circle.

widen/broaden the scope of sth

The police are widening the scope of their investigation.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

still

They widened still further as his eyes ran slowly over the visible curves of her body.

It widened still further in the 1980s as sales of the Mirror fell.

■ NOUN

basis

A widening basis typically means cash bonds are rising more than bond futures.

The yield gap between the three-month bill and 30-year bond widened to 213 basis points from 212.

choice

The Government said it would widen choice for viewers and listeners, safeguard quality programming and bring greater competition and efficiency.

Know how to overspend it to widen your choices , but do not overspend recklessly.

We have a range of initiatives which are designed to promote owner-occupation and to widen choice for tenants.

They wanted education which offered some evidence of achievement, some possibility of widening their choices in life.

circle

Then I widened my circle to boxing friends.

Yet this delayed-action disease manifested itself in widening circles and in larger numbers of people.

Political work further widened my circle of acquaintances in London, particularly in the Labour movement.

His prescriptions sound modest: Cushion people against economic shocks, widen the circle of prosperity, reduce inequality.

First he covered the area near the tree, then he extended his search, widening the circle .

deficit

The current account deficit widened to 4. 1 billion marks from a revised 2. 9 million marks in September.

gap

The more I try to explain, the more I feel the language gap widen , leaving me isolated and estranged.

The strain this imposed became unbearable as the gap widened .

The trade gap widened by 3. 4 percent to $ 10. 36 billion, the highest in seven months.

Those costs have been passed on to the residents, so the gap has widened .

But a return to a strictly enforced standard becomes more and more difficult as the gap between generations widens .

Britain's trade gap widens Britain's trade gap almost doubled last month with the worst figures for almost a year.

From then on, the gap progressively widened .

horizon

For those who wished to widen their horizons there were educational influences outside the classroom.

If you add keyboard skills, you could widen these horizons .

As we move towards the end of the millennium the Association is increasingly widening its horizons .

I really do see this age as a time to widen horizons .

market

They want to widen the market .

This widens markets and permits greater specialization in the use of both property and human resources.

range

Many new varieties are currently being evaluated in order to widen the range of suitable varieties. requirements 1.

Firstly, retail banks have widened the range of services offered to customers.

The introduction and expansion of a devolved staff development budget means that schools will be widening their range of staff development contacts.

road

The Company had to pay £4,600 toward road widening in Penge and Anerley.

It was a driveway that narrowed at the road , then widened as gracefully as stemware.

The road had been widened over the years.

The hills begin to plane out into a high plateau, and the road widens .

The road widening will uproot 46 oak trees and damage wildlife habitat.

scope

Whilst being very happy in a secretarial role I would like to widen my scope .

She had read the words, widen your scope , in a phrase book.

The Law Society, which represents solicitors, welcomed the report, which would widen solicitors' scope for fee-earning.

This raises the question whether these words widen the scope for challenge.

Many authorities are widening the scope of discussion with general practitioners to develop appropriate means of local involvement.

smile

His smile widened as many fond memories came flooding back.

trade

Britain's trade gap widens Britain's trade gap almost doubled last month with the worst figures for almost a year.

The trade gap widened by 3. 4 percent to $ 10. 36 billion, the highest in seven months.

■ VERB

continue

Today, the gap between rich and poor continues to widen .

The gap between rich and poor has continued to widen into the 1990s, according to a new think-tank study.

try

The report will therefore try to widen the knowledge of the school's decision-makers.

Tropicana will launch its own marketing blitz Monday, trying to widen its extensive lead in the ready-to-drink juice segment.

Secretary of the Amateur Rowing Association from 1893 to 1901, he tried unsuccessfully to widen its narrow definition of an amateur.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

A lot of local residents are against council plans to widen the road.

From Horton, the valley widens, becoming broader and more expansive.

Later the tunnel was widened to accommodate larger vehicles.

Maryland widened its lead to 14 points.

The gap between the incomes of two-carer families and lone mothers with children has widened.

The range of university courses available has widened tremendously in recent years.

The road widened again when we came out of the tunnel.

When are they going to widen the road?

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But a return to a strictly enforced standard becomes more and more difficult as the gap between generations widens.

Her eyes widened as though she were shocked at herself.

In fact, many recent developments have served to widen the gap between North and South.

The current account deficit widened to 4. 1 billion marks from a revised 2. 9 million marks in September.

The new interest in growth is sure to widen that gap.

They widened still further as his eyes ran slowly over the visible curves of her body.

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