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    wid·en
    [ˈwīdən]
    verb
    widen (verb) · widens (third person present) · widened (past tense) · widened (past participle) · widening (present participle)
    1. make or become wider:
      "his grin widened" · "the lane widened out into a small clearing" · "the incentive to dredge and widen the river"
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    verb
    1. make or become wider:
      broaden
      open up
      spread
      expand
      extend
      enlarge
      stretch
      fatten
      distend
      dilate
      increase
      augment
      add to
      develop
      boost
      swell
      supplement
      amplify
      make/become wider
      open out
      make larger/bigger/greater
      Opposite:
      narrow
      restrict
      limit
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  1. To become greater in width
    to become, or to make something greater in width: As it approaches the gulf, the river begins to widen (out).

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    to become wider or make something become wider: The road is being widened to two lanes.

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    widen definition: to become wider or make something become wider:.

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    What does widen mean?
    Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! WIDEN meaning: 1. to become, or to make something greater in width: 2. to (cause something to) become larger or…. Learn more.

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    What does it mean when a river widens?
    [VERB noun] The river widens considerably as it begins to turn east. [VERB] They have ordered the widening of the road where the incident took place. If you widen something or if it widens, it becomes greater in range or it affects a larger number of people or things. U.S. prosecutors have widened a securities-fraud investigation.

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    What happens if you widen something?
    1. If you widen something or if it widens, it becomes greater in measurement from one side or edge to the other. [...] 2. If you widen something or if it widens, it becomes greater in range or it affects a larger number of people or things. [...] 3. If a difference or gap widens or if something widens it, it becomes greater. [...]

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    What does a river widen and split mean?
    The river widens and splits. 2 [intransitive, transitive] to become larger in degree or range, or to make something do this OPP narrow The gap between income and expenditure has widened to 11%.

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    Is the gap between South and north widening?
    The gap between south and north in terms of per capita income and poverty is widening. Our city was unified after the storm, and now the old fissures are widening. It's change that can broaden opportunity, or widen inequality.

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    Why does a confined type need to be widened?
    This relation is used in the typing rules to prevent widening a confined type to a public type; confinement-preserving widening requires safe subtyping to hold. But it is a right to prevent wrongdoing, which widens in response to dangers where the risk of mistake is certain to fall somewhere.

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