Widen — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

become broader or wider or more extensive

make (clothes) larger

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈaɪdən/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈaɪdən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈaɪdən/

2 syllables Say it as /wˈaɪdən/.

Examples

The road widened
Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight
widen the road

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

let out extend broaden

Antonyms

take in narrow

Parts of Speech

verb	become broader or wider or more extensive “The road widened”
verb	make (clothes) larger “Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight”
verb	make wider “widen the road”
verb	extend in scope or range or area “The law was extended to all citizens”

Word Forms

widening	noun	an increase in width
extensive	adjective	large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
extension	noun	act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
extent	noun	the point or degree to which something extends

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

erweitern

breiter oder breiter oder umfangreicher werden

🇫🇷French

élargir

devenir plus large ou plus large ou plus étendu

🇪🇸Spanish

ensanchar

volverse más amplio o más amplio o más extenso

🇮🇹Italian

allargare

diventare più ampio o più ampio o più esteso

🇳🇱Dutch

verbreden

breder of breder of uitgebreider worden

🇵🇹Portuguese

ampliar

tornar-se mais amplo ou mais amplo ou mais extenso

🇷🇺Russian

расширять

стать шире или шире или обширнее

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चौड़ा

व्यापक या व्यापक या अधिक विस्तृत हो जाना

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রশস্ত করা

বিস্তৃত বা প্রশস্ত বা আরও ব্যাপক হয়ে উঠুন

🇮🇳Tamil

அகலப்படுத்த

பரந்த அல்லது பரந்த அல்லது இன்னும் விரிவான ஆக

🇮🇳Telugu

వెడల్పు చేయండి

విస్తృతంగా లేదా విస్తృతంగా లేదా మరింత విస్తృతంగా మారండి

🇮🇳Marathi

रुंद करणे

विस्तृत किंवा विस्तीर्ण किंवा अधिक विस्तृत व्हा

🇮🇳Gujarati

પહોળું કરવું

વ્યાપક અથવા વ્યાપક અથવા વધુ વ્યાપક બનો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಗಲಗೊಳಿಸು

ವಿಶಾಲವಾದ ಅಥವಾ ವಿಶಾಲವಾದ ಅಥವಾ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ವಿಸ್ತಾರವಾದ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിശാലമാക്കുക

വിശാലമോ വിശാലമോ കൂടുതൽ വിപുലമോ ആകുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚੌੜਾ ਕਰਨਾ

ਵਿਆਪਕ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਆਪਕ ਜਾਂ ਵਧੇਰੇ ਵਿਆਪਕ ਬਣੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

چوڑا

وسیع تر یا وسیع تر یا زیادہ وسیع ہو جانا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

扩大

变得更广泛或更广泛或更广泛

🇯🇵Japanese

広げる

より広くなる、より広くなる、またはより広範になる

🇰🇷Korean

넓히다

더 넓어지거나 더 넓어지거나 더 광범위해지다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mở rộng

trở nên rộng hơn hoặc rộng hơn hoặc rộng hơn

🇹🇭Thai

เบิก

กว้างขึ้น กว้างขึ้น หรือกว้างขวางมากขึ้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

memperluas

menjadi lebih luas atau lebih luas atau lebih luas

🇵🇭Filipino

palawakin

nagiging mas malawak o mas malawak o mas malawak

🇲🇾Malay

melebar

menjadi lebih luas atau lebih luas atau lebih meluas

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

وسع

تصبح أوسع أو أوسع أو أكثر اتساعا

🇮🇷Persian

گسترده شود

گسترده تر یا گسترده تر یا گسترده تر شود

🇹🇷Turkish

genişletmek

daha geniş veya daha geniş veya daha kapsamlı hale gelmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהַרְחִיב

להיות רחב יותר או רחב יותר או נרחב יותר

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