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widening

noun

1. the act of making something wider

• Syn: ↑broadening

• Ant: ↑narrowing

• Derivationally related forms: ↑widen

• Hypernyms: ↑change of shape

2. an increase in width

• Syn: ↑broadening

• Ant: ↑narrowing

• Derivationally related forms: ↑widen

• Hypernyms: ↑increase, ↑increment, ↑growth

3. a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park

• Syn: ↑turnout

• Hypernyms: ↑part, ↑portion

• Part Holonyms: ↑road, ↑route

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widening adjective

an ever-widening range of goods

Thesaurus: to change the width of something_synonym

Main entry: widen

Useful english dictionary. 2012.