widespreadwide‧spread /ˈwaɪdspred/ ●●○ W3 AWL adjective 
the widespread use of chemicals in agriculturewidespread support/acceptance/criticism/condemnation etc There was widespread support for the war. The storm caused widespread damage.► see thesaurus at common
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Ethiopia was suffering widespread famine and disease.
- Government corruption is widespread in the country.
- Heavy rains have led to the most widespread flooding in a decade.
- Poverty in the region is widespread.
- Racism is much more widespread than people imagine.
- Thanks to the widespread availability of antibiotics diseases such as typhoid have largely been eradicated.
- the widespread use of computers
- The airlines' failures were in part caused by widespread concern about air safety.
- The practice of adding preservatives to basic foods is widespread.
- The report claimed that the problem of police brutality was widespread.
- There was now widespread public support for healthcare reform.
- It is very widespread and can have real social consequences.
- Some other local housing authorities such as Islington or Walsall are pursuing schemes of widespread decentralisation of housing management.
- Sometimes they echo time-honoured memories of widespread flooding in the region following the end of the last ice age.
- Stories of torture, murder and mass rape are widespread.
- The 1662 Act of Settlement turned this widespread local practice into the law of the land.
- The farmer who lives at nearby Eastbach Farm has applied for permission to dump rubbish despite widespread opposition from the village.
- The League says Swindon's football has earned them widespread admiration this season and Hoddle is a suitable and exciting choice.
- There is widespread support for completing that road at the earliest opportunity.
THESAURUS
if something is common, there are a lot of them: · Jones is a very common name in Great Britain.· Foxes are common in the area.· Personal computers are nearly as common in American homes as televisions.
happening in a lot of places or done by a lot of people: · Racism is much more widespread than people imagine.· The report claimed that the problem of police brutality was widespread.· the widespread availability of antibiotics
[not before noun] especially written common in a particular place or time – used especially when saying that this seems surprising or unusual: · Crimes such as robbery are commonplace in big cities.· Expensive foreign cars are commonplace in this Chicago suburb.
formal common in a place or among a group of people – used especially about illnesses, problems, or ideas: · Flu is most prevalent during the winter months.· Depression remains one of the most prevalent health disorders in the US.· This belief is more prevalent among men than women.
[not before noun] very common – used about illnesses or problems: · AIDS is rife in some parts of the world.
formal very common and seen in many different places – often used humorously in written descriptions: · He was carrying the ubiquitous MP3 player.· In Britain, CCTV cameras are ubiquitous.
especially spoken used when saying that you can see something a lot in many different places: · Images of the dictator were everywhere.· Microchips seem to be everywhere these days – even in washing machines.· One of the first things you notice in Amsterdam are the bicycles – they’re everywhere.
Longman Language Activatorwhen something happens a lot happening often or in a lot of places: · It's a common mathematical error.· Petty theft and pickpocketing are becoming increasingly common in the city centre.· Many of the more common forms of cancer can be treated successfully if detected early.common among: · The condition is most common among women aged 18 to 24.it is common for something to happen/somebody to do something: · It's very common for older children to feel jealous after the birth of a baby.
happening in a lot of places or done by a lot of people: · Racism is much more widespread than people imagine.· The report claimed that the problem of police brutality was widespread.· Thanks to the widespread availability of antibiotics diseases such as typhoid have largely been eradicated.
happening very often, and therefore not considered to be special or unusual: · Nudism on beaches has long been commonplace in Europe.· Organ transplants are now commonplace.increasingly commonplace: · It used to be rare to see young people sleeping on the streets of London -- these days it's become increasingly commonplace.
if bad behaviour such as stealing or violence is rife in a particular area it happens very often there: · Political corruption was rife in those days.something is rife with something: · A place like Hollywood is always rife with gossip.· The schools are rife with drug abuse.
formal a problem, idea, or type of behaviour that is prevalent in one place, time, or group of people is common there: · Flu is most prevalent during the winter months.· Depression remains one of the most prevalent health disorders in the US.· This belief is more prevalent among men than women.
problems, behaviour, or situations that are pervasive are very common and are spreading to more and more people or areas so that they are impossible to prevent: · Violence and crime are pervasive features of city life.· She argues that sexual discrimination remains a pervasive element in corporate culture.all-pervasive (=extremely pervasive): · the all-pervasive influence of television
everywhere in a place or country also every place American informal in or to every part of a place or country: · The whole street was flooded - there was water everywhere.· Where did you find my keys? I've been looking everywhere for them.· You see bank machines everywhere nowadays.· They go every place together.everywhere in: · There were beautiful rice fields everywhere in the region.everywhere else (=in every other place): · Doctors in Colorado, like doctors everywhere else, did not have enough of the vaccine.
in or to many different parts of a town, country etc, especially when you want to say that you have been to many places: · We spent two weeks in Mexico and traveled all over.· The choir has sung in concerts all over the country.· Katie's toys were spread out all over the floor.all over the place: · He went all over the place looking for a shop selling corkscrews but couldn't find one.
in every part of an area or place: · You could hear their laughter throughout the building.· The house is in excellent condition with fitted carpets throughout.
if you find a particular thing wherever you go or look , you find it in all the different places that you go to or look in: · There seem to be fountains wherever you look in this park.· He seems to make friends wherever he goes.
informal in many different places, without any particular plan or pattern: · We lived here, there, and everywhere as I was growing up.· The adults sat on the porch while the children ran here, there, and everywhere.
in every part of a country: nationwide strike/demonstration/campaign: · Workers held nationwide strikes and demonstrations all over Spain.nationwide search/hunt/study/survey: · A nationwide hunt was launched yesterday for the killer of 13-year-old Nicola Jones.
happening in many places - use this especially about problems or bad situations that affect many areas or many countries: · There has been widepread flooding in Germany, and the rivers are still rising.· Government corruption is widespread in the country.
when there is a lot of something in many areas if an object, animal, disease etc is common , there is a very large number or amount of objects, animals etc of this type in many different places: · Jones is a very common name in Britain.· Flatheads are a common type of fish and good to eat.· Malaria is particularly common near swamps where mosquitoes can breed.
having an effect on a lot of people over a wide area: · Poverty in the region is widespread.widespread damage/flooding/poverty etc: · Heavy rains have led to the most widespread flooding in a decade.· Ethiopia was suffering widespread famine and disease.
covering a large area or a large range of information, ideas etc: · Damage to the forests from the wildfires was extensive.· The ancient Greeks had an extensive knowledge of the stars.· Abortion has been the subject of extensive debate in the US.
done or believed by a lot of people · Using "lay" instead of "lie" is a very common mistake.· It's becoming more and more common for women to keep their family name when they marry.· My daughter says politics is boring, which is a common attitude among teenagers.
done, believed, or felt by a lot of ordinary people have: · There is still a lot of popular support for the ex-president.· I don't accept the popular view that all criminals should be put in prison.contrary to popular belief (=the opposite of what most ordinary people believe): · Contrary to popular belief, the Australian desert is often full of wildlife.
done, believed or felt by a lot of people in many different places: · There was now widespread public support for healthcare reform.· The airlines' failures were in part caused by widespread concern about air safety.· The practice of adding preservatives to basic foods is widespread.
: widely accepted/believed/known/practised/used etc done, believed or felt by a lot of people in many different places: · Silicon Valley is widely known as California's high-tech center.· A hundred years ago it was widely believed that there was life on Mars.· Asbestos was once widely used in the building industry.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the widespread use of chemicals in agriculture There was widespread support for the war. The storm caused widespread damage.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES There is widespread discontent at the quality of education. Widespread famine had triggered a number of violent protests.
existing or happening in many places or situations, or among many people: the widespread use of chemicals in agriculture There was widespread support for the war. The storm caused widespread damage. (=among many people)· The decision to build the airport has provoked widespread anger.
· There’s a common assumption that science is more difficult than other subjects.
(=that a lot of people believe)· There is a common belief that educational standards are declining.
· A common complaint of children is that parents do not listen to them.
· There seems to be widespread concern about the state of our hospitals.
(=involving a lot of people, groups etc)· Strong recommendations were made after wide consultation.
· The election campaign was marred by widespread corruption.
· Newspapers and magazines have wide coverage of diet and health topics.
· There was widespread criticism of his speech.
(=covering a large area)· Because of the size of the bomb, the damage was extensive.
· The rains caused widespread destruction to crops.
There is widespread discontent at the quality of education. (=shared by a lot of people)· The general expectation was for married couples to have children.
Widespread famine had triggered a number of violent protests. (=a misunderstanding that many people share)· There is a widespread misunderstanding of the purpose of the law.
(=opposition from many people or in many places)· Journalists have reported widespread opposition to the regime.
(=with a lot of people, or in many places)· Astrology enjoyed widespread popularity.
· The scandal had received widespread publicity.
(=felt by a lot of people or in many places)· The actions of the police during the miners' strike caused widespread resentment.
· The arrests followed widespread rumours of police corruption.
· There was widespread speculation about his political plans.
· There is widespread support for the Government’s proposal.
(=in many places)· The collapse of the currency led to widespread unemployment.
(=existing in many places or among many people)· As prices soared, there was widespread unrest.
(=when something is used in many places or situations, or among many people)· The widespread use of computers changed business completely.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· This year's Royal Show showed how widespread this move to cut costs is.· We see here how widespread and deadly is the net of secularisation that has been cast.· That was a huge overstatement, but it at least demonstrates how widespread the discourse of political radicalism had become.· Many other films released at this time showed how widespread were the skills developed by Hepworth.· One of the burning questions as I slowly began to learn about the disease, was how widespread was it within me?· Through the report, Tickle illustrated how widespread the problem is.· Until recently, it was not appreciated how widespread this kind of behaviour is, mainly because of the difficulty of egg-detection.· Yvonne was so shocked at how widespread the problem was that she has installed a hotline in her gym.
· The use of the Official Secrets Act against government employees and others became more widespread.· Why this didn't happen in a more widespread fashion in Tucson, I can't possibly imagine.· Meanwhile, a different and much more widespread tradition of timekeeping survived involving the use of fire and incense.· Stony deserts and mountainsides, much more widespread than Lichtenstein's.· Concern about nephrotoxicity has been the major factor limiting more widespread investigational use of cyclosporin in ulcerative colitis.· In the earlier phase the coin is concentrated in Kent, but later they have a more widespread distribution.· But other forms eventually arose which were able to extract hydrogen from a very much more widespread source - water.· Their experience of other drugs was also more widespread than young people in other countries.
· Despite being one of the commonest and most widespread birds in Britain, until recently it had not been studied in detail.· Comments: This is perhaps the most widespread Cryptocoryne species found in Sri Lanka.· The most widespread forms of modern print media are newspapers, magazines, books, and letters.· Arsenic is one of the most widespread naturally occurring poisons.· It was Northridge that caused the most widespread damage, seismologists said, because its epicenter was directly beneath the city.· One of the most widespread expressions of the colleague contract is compadrazgo.
· Perhaps in this case the injunction can be ignored since the pattern is so widespread and so instinctively attractive.· The disaster was so widespread that even Bridgeport and the rest of the Eleventh Ward elected a Republican alderman.· The type of fans the show attracted was so widespread.· One mystery concerns how the fungus has been able to move from butternut to butternut, since these trees are so widespread.· Because the eggs are so small and so widespread it is easy for them to be swallowed.· But his basic belief was so widespread that gay men themselves sometimes used it as a come-on.· The central issue is that racism is so widespread that it is institutionalized.· Because the fungus is now so widespread, it is unlikely that it can be stopped with fungicides.
· In fact employer contribution holidays are still widespread.· While there is still widespread confidence that an agreement will be reached, the timing is far from certain.· They are better educated and more informed - though illiteracy is still widespread among the poor.· Even after a thousand years or more, evidence of pagan beliefs is still widespread in churches.· There is still widespread ignorance about Sickle Cell Anaemia and the chances of passing it on.
· This practice was very widespread in Kursk as opposed to the Smolensk guberniia.· It is very widespread and can have real social consequences.· It is not generally emphasised in textbooks, however, how very widespread these sediments are.· So the early Carboniferous was again a time of very widespread carbonate deposition.· There is only one living genus of horsetails - Equisetum - although its many species are very widespread.· Dichograptus species are very widespread in the early Ordovician rocks.· All our actions gained very widespread publicity.· This idea was very widespread in the nineteenth century for a variety of reasons.
NOUN· There is, it is heartening to note, quite widespread acceptance that language is significant in all subject areas.· The final deterrent to widespread acceptance of encryption is its difficulty to use.· This may seem surprising in view of the widespread acceptance of monarchy.· Marquez had expected an immediate and widespread acceptance, but only a few rallied to his standard.· Many of the new hymn books include worship songs and they find widespread acceptance.· Nor has there been widespread acceptance of his proposed cures.· Worship songs are also beginning to find widespread acceptance.· As the code gained widespread acceptance, certain logical consequences followed in its wake.
· Another is that its method of valuation was too complex and this would detract from its widespread adoption.· This does not condemn interactive multimedia to death, but it does suggest a slower-than-expected scenario for widespread adoption.· The widespread adoption of a rigorous and effective pre-trial review?· The widespread adoption of floating exchange rates increased the uncertainty and risk associated with international trade and investment.· This has contributed to the widespread adoption and acceptance of Swahili.
· The Tomlinson report's description of the inadequacy of primary and community health services in London commands widespread agreement.· The survey also found widespread agreement that felons and known drug users should be barred from owning guns.· Finds widespread agreement that the government should take the lead in securing the re-use of contaminated land.· There is widespread agreement that there are many mentally disturbed people in prison who would be better off in hospital.· Already there was widespread agreement that clozapine had exceptional properties, with some spectacular remissions even in long-term patients.· Although a rational approach may produce the best policy, there may not be widespread agreement on it.
· The findings led to a widespread belief that psychological tests were situation specific and therefore limited in their usefulness for personnel selection.· It provides a startling point for a discussion of the widespread belief that Richard Nixon was a brilliant maker of foreign policy.· Professor Budd's remarks echo a widespread belief in the City that the Government needs to develop a credible monetary strategy.· Protestant endeavours to extinguish popular superstitions and the widespread belief in magical remedies also proved largely futile.· But, despite a widespread belief, this is not due to job insecurity.· Especially in the United States, a widespread belief exists that people should actively seek ways of developing themselves.· There is a widespread belief that the Age of Enlightenment has run its course.· It refers to the resurgence of manufacturing during the 1980s and the mistaken but widespread belief that manufacturing is still shrinking.
· Mr. King Is my right hon. Friend aware of the widespread concern at the large number of people seeking political asylum?· Feinstein shares the widespread concern about identity theft and the creation of profiles or dossiers on individuals without their knowledge.· I think it is a pretty widespread concern.· The scale of the problem may not be so great as to cause widespread concern for the rural child, however.· There is widespread concern about the effects of the financial futures market on the equity market.· At the time, the far right's surprise breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt caused widespread concern.· There was widespread concern about the effect of the movies and over 30 states began to draft censorship bills.
· But the sentence imposed ast Northamptyon Crown Court brought widespread condemnation.
· The general demoralization of Soviet society during the Brezhnev period affected the militia also and by the 1980s widespread corruption was reported.· This money helped to fuel the widespread corruption that has been so glaring under the Yeltsin regime.· There has been widespread corruption in the ivory trade.· They were determined to stop the widespread corruption that had discredited government contracting.· He said those efforts were plagued by widespread corruption and official indifference.
· In response to widespread criticism, Kadhafi strongly attacked corruption and favouritism in the government administration.· Her allegations have touched off widespread criticism of Albert Hale in the Navajo Nation.· This follows widespread criticism of the Bush Administration's scepticism at international conferences so far.· Nevertheless, there was widespread criticism that the relief operation was slow and badly organized.· Despite widespread criticism, the trend is on the increase in the Five Nations Championship.· There was widespread criticism of the handling of the disaster.
· The storm caused widespread damage and heavy flooding, disrupting services and communications.· It was Northridge that caused the most widespread damage, seismologists said, because its epicenter was directly beneath the city.· An assessment is under way of some of the most important coastal sites and already widespread damage has been found.· The last few years have seen widespread damage to homes through storms, floods, extreme cold and subsidence caused by drought.· A few unsprayed crops might survive providing most are sprayed but if none was sprayed, widespread damage would ensure in some years.
· But in spite of a pretty widespread discontent with education as it is, there is no clear view of what it should be.
· There was widespread dissatisfaction too for the degenerate lifestyle into which many of the clergy had fallen.· It is the withdrawal of this assurance that contributes to the widespread dissatisfaction with home life in a tower block.· Perhaps it is time the autonomous practitioners themselves sought a solution to a widespread dissatisfaction with their service.· Spoiled ballots accounted for 32 %, indicating the widespread dissatisfaction at the electoral process.· Gallup has found widespread dissatisfaction with the quality of society.· And so, by 1977, there was pretty widespread dissatisfaction with education in all its forms.· There was, in particular, deep and widespread dissatisfaction with the mathematical attainments of children at school.· Initiatives undertaken in response to the widespread dissatisfaction with residential care have led to a general improvement in the quality of services.
· It could mean permanent coastal flooding in some countries and widespread famine in others.
· There are also widespread fears that the convicted men will serve only a few months of their sentences.· There had been widespread fears of police violence, and water cannon had already been used against demonstrators on Saturday.· He said there were widespread fears that the Home Secretary wanted to replace locally-elected police authorities with government-appointed boards.
· Why does he not take note of that widespread feeling?· Following this calamity, there was a widespread feeling of discontent in the country.· There was, however, a widespread feeling that very large armies were undesirable because they were difficult to supply and manoeuvre.
· We welcome the widespread interest that has been shown by management.employee teams in developing bids for their companies.· The collection of earrings, brooches and necklaces have attracted widespread interest from buyers at the International Spring Fair.· Once again, however, it took the fears engendered by the Boer War to arouse widespread interest in the issue.· The Cove in Gilmerton has aroused widespread interest from local historians.· Moreover, both parties found it impossible to sustain widespread interest in political organization.· This, and other attention-getting highlights, was to spark off widespread interest.
· Again, despite widespread opposition from many sections of the community, the clause became part of the final legislation.· The attempt to legitimise Renville met widespread opposition.· Neither in the industrial nor the electoral sphere, then, was there any measurable and widespread opposition to the National government.· The farmer who lives at nearby Eastbach Farm has applied for permission to dump rubbish despite widespread opposition from the village.
· At that time there was a widespread practice of holding the child over a newspaper for passing a motion.· We also campaigned against the widespread practice of pregnancy tests by employers and the dismissal of pregnant women.· The case also highlights the widespread practice of arbitrary detention that affects about 2 million people each year.· Pied-fly numbers have increased dramatically since nest box provision has become widespread practice in the sessile oak woods they prefer.· One of the most flagrant abuses in this regard is the widespread practice of multiple recovery surgery ....· Another widespread practice consists in striking the hands against other parts of the body, used directly as resonators.
· Groping on rush-hour trains is also a widespread problem.· Iron deficiency anemia, as evidenced by a high prevalence of low hemoglobin levels, was a widespread problem.· Land fragmentation, as a result of inheritance laws and social custom, compounds the widespread problem of small farm size.· Specialty retailers' weakness reflected the widespread problems throughout the retail sector.· Somehow this extremely widespread problem needed to be swept away.
· Perhaps we should consider giving widespread publicity to the Audit Commission's account of the Government's failings.· He returned a week later, after widespread publicity, with more than twenty thousand marchers, who demonstrated peaceably.· In the 1980s a series of scandals received widespread publicity.· Several contracts were awarded to private contractors especially in cleansing - and the whole issue attracted widespread publicity.· All our actions gained very widespread publicity.· Split-brain studies have science fiction overtones which have led to their widespread publicity in more recent times.
· A representative of the licencing board said that there's widespread support in Glasgow for the proposal.· In the north, the party can count on fairly widespread support.· The coterie of would-be revolutionaries commanded no widespread support.· The movement attracted widespread support from peace campaigners.· In this case there was widespread support and sympathy from the overtaxed gentry and clergy.· It has widespread support in the House as far as it goes, but missing is legislation to protect against victimisation.· But there is also widespread support for state or collective provision of welfare even over tax cuts.· Does he accept that there is widespread support from industry and the community generally for the Government's roads programme?
· BIndustry spokesmen argue that encouraging widespread use of unconnected phones would lead to mischief and abuse.· I also found widespread use of goals, measurement, and feedback through scoreboards.· Some are mainly of laboratory interest but others are clearly related to substances in more or less widespread use.· Whether the technology ever will gain widespread use is uncertain.· But how can we best explain the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs in cycling?· By now scientists were supposed to have discovered the formula for widespread use of solar technology here in the sunshine state.· The most notable of these is the widespread use of popular theatre throughout the region.· The main obstacle to the widespread use of abatement techniques is the significant and variable national costs which are incurred.
the widespread use of chemicals in agriculturewidespread support/acceptance/criticism/condemnation etc There was widespread support for the war. The storm caused widespread damage.► see thesaurus at common