widen
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vai
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dən
dēn
/wˈa‍ÉĒdən/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "widen"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to become wider or broader in dimension, extent, or scope
Intransitive
to widen definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gap between the two buildings has widened over the years.
āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something broader or larger in extent or scope
Transitive: to widen a surface or passage
to widen definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The contractor widened the doorway to allow for wheelchair accessibility.
āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āχāϞāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to adjust or alter clothes to a larger size to accommodate changes in body size or shape
Transitive: to widen clothes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The seamstress widened the dress at the hips to allow for more freedom of movement while dancing.
āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāϰāĻ“ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āĻŽāϰ⧇ āĻĄā§āϰ⧇āϏāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to expand or broaden something in scope, range, or area
Transitive: to widen sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The government aims to widen access to education by implementing inclusive policies.
āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤

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