verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a grin widens (= someone starts smiling even more )
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Marcus's amused grin widened.
a growing/widening gap
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There is a widening gap in the academic performance of boys and girls.
a road narrows/widens
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After a couple of miles, the road narrows.
broaden/widen your experience (= increase the amount of different experience you have )
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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 )
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The new law has broadened the definition of terrorism.
sb’s eyes widen (= become more open because they are surprised )
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His eyes widened in shock.
the gap widens
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The gap is widening between the incomes of the rich and the less well-off.
widen the gap
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Technology has widened the gap between people with and without computer skills.
widen your circle (= make it include more people )
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In London she set about widening her circle.
widen/broaden the scope of sth
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The police are widening the scope of their investigation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
still
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They widened still further as his eyes ran slowly over the visible curves of her body.
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It widened still further in the 1980s as sales of the Mirror fell.
■ NOUN
basis
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A widening basis typically means cash bonds are rising more than bond futures.
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The yield gap between the three-month bill and 30-year bond widened to 213 basis points from 212.
choice
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The Government said it would widen choice for viewers and listeners, safeguard quality programming and bring greater competition and efficiency.
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Know how to overspend it to widen your choices , but do not overspend recklessly.
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We have a range of initiatives which are designed to promote owner-occupation and to widen choice for tenants.
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They wanted education which offered some evidence of achievement, some possibility of widening their choices in life.
circle
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Then I widened my circle to boxing friends.
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Yet this delayed-action disease manifested itself in widening circles and in larger numbers of people.
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Political work further widened my circle of acquaintances in London, particularly in the Labour movement.
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His prescriptions sound modest: Cushion people against economic shocks, widen the circle of prosperity, reduce inequality.
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First he covered the area near the tree, then he extended his search, widening the circle .
deficit
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The current account deficit widened to 4. 1 billion marks from a revised 2. 9 million marks in September.
gap
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The more I try to explain, the more I feel the language gap widen , leaving me isolated and estranged.
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The strain this imposed became unbearable as the gap widened .
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The trade gap widened by 3. 4 percent to $ 10. 36 billion, the highest in seven months.
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Those costs have been passed on to the residents, so the gap has widened .
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But a return to a strictly enforced standard becomes more and more difficult as the gap between generations widens .
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Britain's trade gap widens Britain's trade gap almost doubled last month with the worst figures for almost a year.
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From then on, the gap progressively widened .
horizon
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For those who wished to widen their horizons there were educational influences outside the classroom.
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If you add keyboard skills, you could widen these horizons .
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As we move towards the end of the millennium the Association is increasingly widening its horizons .
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I really do see this age as a time to widen horizons .
market
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They want to widen the market .
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This widens markets and permits greater specialization in the use of both property and human resources.
range
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Many new varieties are currently being evaluated in order to widen the range of suitable varieties. requirements 1.
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Firstly, retail banks have widened the range of services offered to customers.
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The introduction and expansion of a devolved staff development budget means that schools will be widening their range of staff development contacts.
road
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The Company had to pay £4,600 toward road widening in Penge and Anerley.
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It was a driveway that narrowed at the road , then widened as gracefully as stemware.
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The road had been widened over the years.
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The hills begin to plane out into a high plateau, and the road widens .
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The road widening will uproot 46 oak trees and damage wildlife habitat.
scope
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Whilst being very happy in a secretarial role I would like to widen my scope .
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She had read the words, widen your scope , in a phrase book.
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The Law Society, which represents solicitors, welcomed the report, which would widen solicitors' scope for fee-earning.
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This raises the question whether these words widen the scope for challenge.
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Many authorities are widening the scope of discussion with general practitioners to develop appropriate means of local involvement.
smile
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His smile widened as many fond memories came flooding back.
trade
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Britain's trade gap widens Britain's trade gap almost doubled last month with the worst figures for almost a year.
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The trade gap widened by 3. 4 percent to $ 10. 36 billion, the highest in seven months.
■ VERB
continue
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Today, the gap between rich and poor continues to widen .
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The gap between rich and poor has continued to widen into the 1990s, according to a new think-tank study.
try
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The report will therefore try to widen the knowledge of the school's decision-makers.
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Tropicana will launch its own marketing blitz Monday, trying to widen its extensive lead in the ready-to-drink juice segment.
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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
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A lot of local residents are against council plans to widen the road.
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From Horton, the valley widens, becoming broader and more expansive.
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Later the tunnel was widened to accommodate larger vehicles.
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Maryland widened its lead to 14 points.
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The gap between the incomes of two-carer families and lone mothers with children has widened.
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The range of university courses available has widened tremendously in recent years.
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The road widened again when we came out of the tunnel.
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When are they going to widen the road?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But a return to a strictly enforced standard becomes more and more difficult as the gap between generations widens.
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Her eyes widened as though she were shocked at herself.
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In fact, many recent developments have served to widen the gap between North and South.
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The current account deficit widened to 4. 1 billion marks from a revised 2. 9 million marks in September.
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The new interest in growth is sure to widen that gap.
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They widened still further as his eyes ran slowly over the visible curves of her body.