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{
"term": "widen",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "widen",
"heSheIt": "widens"
},
"pastSimple": "widened",
"pastParticiple": "widened",
"ingForm": "widening"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to become wider; to make something wider",
"sensetop": "widen into somethingwiden outwiden something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her eyes widened in surprise."
},
{
"text": "Jasmine's eyes widened with disbelief."
},
{
"text": "Here the stream widens into a river.",
"contextForm": "widen into something"
},
{
"text": "The road gradually widens out.",
"contextForm": "widen out"
},
{
"text": "They may have to widen the road to cope with the increase in traffic.",
"contextForm": "widen something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "greatly"],
"preposition": ["from", "into", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to become larger in degree or range; to make something larger in degree or range",
"sensetop": "widen something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Another concern is the widening gap between rich and poor."
},
{
"text": "We plan to widen the scope of our existing activities by offering more language courses.",
"contextForm": "widen something"
},
{
"text": "The legislation will be widened to include all firearms."
},
{
"text": "The gap between rich and poor has widened considerably."
},
{
"text": "The trade deficit had widened from £26 billion to £30 billion."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "greatly"],
"preposition": ["from", "into", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to consider or include a larger range of options or possibilities, especially when searching for something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's time to widen the net in the search for a suitable candidate."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwaɪdn/",
"audio": "wi/widen/widen__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwaɪdnz/",
"audio": "wi/widen/widens__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwaɪdnd/",
"audio": "wi/widen/widened__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwaɪdnɪŋ/",
"audio": "wi/widen/widening__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwaɪdn/",
"audio": "wi/widen/widen__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwaɪdnz/",
"audio": "wi/widen/widens__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwaɪdnd/",
"audio": "wi/widen/widened__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwaɪdnɪŋ/",
"audio": "wi/widen/widening__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}