/ˈwaɪdn̩/
OriginPIE word
*dwóh₁
From wide + -en (verbal suffix).
- intransitiveTo become wide or wider.
“His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.”
- transitiveTo make wide or wider.
“But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-u”
- transitiveTo let out clothes to a larger size.
“She widened his trousers for him.”
- transitiveTo broaden or extend in scope or range.
“The police widened their enquiries.”
“While the primary focus of the Sexual Orientation Committee had been to lobby for gay rights legislation, the new Task Force hopes to widen its activities. The Task Force ― in addition to lobbying — h”
“Correspondent Gerardo Arreola interviewed Castro Espín for the Jan. 9, 2006, issue of La Jornada about the move to widen rights for transsexuals.”
- transitiveTo convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.
“to widen a short variable to an int variable”
Formswidens(present, singular, third-person) · widening(participle, present) · widened(participle, past) · widened(past) · Widens(plural)