| VERB | change | widen | become broader or wider or more extensive |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | widen, let out | make (clothes) larger / larger | |
| change | widen | make wider | |
| change | widen, broaden, extend | extend in scope or range or area |
| Sounds | way'dahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Become broader or wider or more extensive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The road widened" | |
| Caused by | widen | make wider |
| Narrower | dilate, distend | Become wider |
| flare out, flare | Become flared and widen, usually at one end | |
| Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
| Opposite | narrow, contract | make or become more narrow or restricted |
| Spanish | ampliar, ensanchar, extenderse | |
| Catalan | ampliar-se, ampliar, dilatar-se, dilatar, eixamplar-se, eixamplar, estendre | |
| Nouns | widening | an increase / increase / increase in width |
| Meaning | make (clothes) larger / larger. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | let out | |
| Broader | change, alter, vary | Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics / characteristics or essence |
| Opposite | take in | make (clothes) smaller |
| Spanish | ampliar, ensanchar | |
| Catalan | ampliar, eixamplar-se, eixamplar | |
| Meaning | make wider. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "widen the road" | |
| Cause to | widen | Become broader or wider or more extensive |
| Narrower | white out | widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | alargar, ampliarse, ampliar, ensancharse, ensanchar, extender | |
| Catalan | ampliar-se, ampliar, eixamplar-se, eixamplar | |
| Nouns | widening | the act of making something wider |
| Meaning | Extend in scope or range or area. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "widen the range of applications" | |
| Synonyms | broaden, extend | |
| Narrower | broaden | make broader |
| globalize, globalise | make world-wide / world-wide / world-wide in scope or application | |
| stretch | Extend the scope or meaning / meaning of | |
| territorialize, territorialise | Extend by adding territory | |
| Broader | increase | make bigger or more |
| Similar to | extend, expand | Expand the influence of |
| Spanish | ampliar, ensanchar, extender | |
| Catalan | ampliar, eixamplar, estendre | |
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