widespread

widespread

CEFR: C1-C2 /wide-spread/ [w.ay1.d.s.p.r.eh1.d]

Something is widespread is common over a wide area or among many people. The preposition “among”, “throughout” and “in” are often used after the word widespread. Here are example sentences:

Example Sentences:
Illiteracy is widespread among the poor.
The view that Obama is a Muslim is more widespread among his political opponents than among his backers.
Growth will be widespread throughout several occupations in this group.

Collocations

widespread popularity

Example Sentences:
A person such as Oprah, or Gandhi, or Michael Jackson, who has widespread popularity, is loved by many far and wide.
The piano blues and jazz of the 1910s and 1920s didn't find its way into print during the years of its first creation, so it never gained the widespread popularity among amateur and mainstream professional musicians.

widespread disease

Example Sentences:
A widespread disease is one that many people have––the flu epidemic of 1919 was deadly and widespread, killing between 50 and 100 million people in every corner of the world.

widespread opposition

Example Sentences:
There was widespread opposition to the plan.

widespread public interest

Example Sentences:
There is widespread public interest in the election.