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English
Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈwaɪdənɪŋ/

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. Of things that are growing wider.
2. Of things that are separate, with increasing separation.

#: The widening gap between rich and poor creates social problems.

Quotations
1920 — w:William Butler Yeats|William Butler Yeats, s:The Second Coming|The Second Coming
:Turning and turning in the widening gyre<br/>The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

Noun
en-noun

1. The action of the verb widen.

Quotations
1887 — w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, s:The Merry Men|The Merry Men, Olalla
:She looked up sleepily and asked me what it was, and with the very words I thought she drew in her breath with a widening of the nostrils and seemed to come suddenly and fully alive.

Verb
widening

1. present participle of|widen

Category:English present participles

fr:widening
vi:widening
zh:widening

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