Widen

/ˈwaɪdn̩/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To become wide or wider..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To become wide or wider.
2. (transitive) To make wide or wider.
3. (transitive) To let out clothes to a larger size.
4. (transitive) To broaden or extend in scope or range.
5. (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.

Example Sentences

His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.

The widening works include the rebuilding of the skew bridge near Northwood to take four tracks, and to enable the Rickmansworth Road to be widened to 60 ft.; […].

But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.

She widened his trousers for him.

The police widened their enquiries.

While the primary focus of the Sexual Orientation Committee had been to lobby for gay rights legislation, the new Task Force hopes to widen its activities. The Task Force ― in addition to lobbying — hopes to function as an "umbrella organization," facilitating communication between the state's many gay groups.

Correspondent Gerardo Arreola interviewed Castro Espín for the Jan. 9, 2006, issue of La Jornada about the move to widen rights for transsexuals.

to widen a short variable to an int variable

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Word Forms

• widens
• widening
• widened

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