widen

[Wid·en]

Extend in scope or range or area

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To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.

Verb
become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened"

Verb
make wider; "widen the road"

Verb
make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"

Verb
extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"

v. t.
To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.

v. i.
To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.

Widen

Wid"en , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Widening.] To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.

Widen

Wid"en, v. i. To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.

Arches widen, and long aisles extend.

To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.

To grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.

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Usage Examples

Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success, and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure.

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action.