widespread
Existing or happening over a large area or among many people; extensive.
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IELTS-Verwendung
Describes the extent of a problem, phenomenon, or trend in essays and speaking.
Beispiele
- There is widespread concern about the cost of living.
- The use of smartphones is widespread among teenagers.
Kollokationen
- widespread use
- There is widespread use of renewable energy in Scandinavia.
Wortfamilie
- Adjektiv
- widespread
Paraphrasen
- prevalent: More formal, common in academic writing.
- common: Less formal, broader meaning.
- pervasive: Often implies something negative spreading thoroughly.
Häufige Fehler
- widespreaded to widespread. 'Widespread' is already an adjective; no -ed.
- a widespread of the disease to the widespread nature of the disease or the disease is widespread. 'Widespread' is an adjective, not a noun.