Widening synonyms

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broadening
Present participle of broaden.
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dilating
Present participle of dilate.
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expanding
Present participle of expand.
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splayed
Simple past tense and past participle of splay
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turnout
The act of turning out
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narrowing (antonym)
The part of a stocking that is narrowed.
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distending
(Reflexive, archaic) To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.
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enlarging
To become larger; increase in size, extent, etc.; expand
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increasing
Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.
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extending
(Intransitive) To increase in extent.
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swelling
To increase in volume or loudness
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spreading
To open to a fuller extent or width; stretch:
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opening
To remove the wrapping from:
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growing
To allow (something) to develop or increase by a natural process:
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unfolding
To become unfolded; open out or open up
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compressing (antonym)
(Computers) To encode (data) to minimize the space required for storage or transmittal:
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cramping (antonym)
To affect with or experience a cramp or cramps.
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restricting (antonym)
To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
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widen (related)
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wider (related)
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multiplying
To increase in number, amount, extent, or degree; specif., to increase by procreation
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Widening Sentence Examples

  • Meanwhile the sphere of his intimacies was rapidly widening.

  • Beyond Colombia are Ecuador and Peru, where, in the widening of the continent, architecture, stone-working, pottery, metallurgy, textiles are again exalted.

  • The gulf between the " laity " and " clergy " went on widening during the 5th and 6th centuries; and the people, stripped of their old prerogatives (save in form here and there), passed into a spiritual pupillage which was one distinctive note of the medieval Church.

  • This was partly due to the recovery of some of the lost works of ancient literature, and the transition from the middle ages to the revival of learning was attended by a general widening of the range of classical studies and by a renewed interest in Plato.

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