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# widening

noun (widening — the act of making wider); verb form (widening — from widen, widens, widened, widening); adjective (widening)

«widening» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Widening means becoming or making something wider. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widening/#m1)
2. A widening gap or problem is one that is getting bigger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widening/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it describes roads, rivers and eyes ("her eyes widening"). In news it describes growing gaps, like a widening gap between rich and poor. Phrases: road widening, widening gap, eyes widening.

### Examples

- The council is widening the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widening/#x1)
- Her eyes were widening with surprise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widening/#x2)
- There is a widening gap between the two teams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widening/#x3)
- The river is widening as it nears the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widening/#x4)
- The road widening caused traffic jams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widening/#x5)
- The crack in the wall is widening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widening/#x6)

### Note

From widen (wide + -en); drop the e: widening. Similar -en verbs: lengthen, shorten, deepen, brighten.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «widening» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/widening/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«widening» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/widening.html) on Mova free.