1. widespread - Adjective
2. widespread - Adjective Satellite
Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOne of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis. Karl Kraus
One of the chief reasons for the widespread fear of the Huns rested on their ability to travel very long distances in relatively short periods. This ability may well have been based on their use of horseshoes. Carroll Quigley
During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago. Norman Borlaug
The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief. Sigmund Freud
THERE is widespread agreement among economists that abuse of credit constitutes one of the chief unwholesome elements in business booms and is mainly responsible for the ensuing crash and depression. Benjamin Graham
In England the practice of "virtual" representation provided reasonably well for the actual representation of the major interests of the society, and it raised no widespread objection. Bernard Bailyn