widening

Speech parts

1. widening - Noun

2. widening - Adjective

3. widening - Verb

Meaning

of Widen

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

broadening increasing spreading stretching enlarging expanding Dilating extending augmenting development addition increase growth spread growing
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Antonyms

narrowing period become stage phase abstract
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Hypernyms

growth increase portion increment part change of shape

Phrases with the word

widening of the blood vessels

Examples

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Albert Einstein

BRAZILIFICATION:The widening gulf between the rich and the poor and the accompanying disappearance of the middle classes. Douglas Coupland

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments. Jacques Delors

I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center. Seamus Heaney

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country's spirit. Jawaharlal Nehru

The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and ... each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement. Carl Jung

Close letter words and terms

widened piece widener wideness widening conversion widening of the blood vessels widenmannite