"widen" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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widen + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 15

widen one's eyes • widen the gap • widen one's lead • widen one's broadcast area • widen the scope • ...

widen + preposición

Kolokacji: 24

widen into • widen out • widen at • widen in • widen with • ...

widen + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 23

widen slightly • widen further • suddenly widen • gradually widen • widen considerably • ...

Kolokacji: 3

Grup znaczeniowych: 5

(1) slightly, somewhat

Kolokacji: 2

Kolokacji: 14

(3) considerably, substantially

Kolokacji: 2

(4) slowly, rapidly, quickly

Kolokacji: 3

1. slowly widen = wolno rozszerz się slowly widen

2. widen rapidly = rozszerz się szybko widen rapidly

3. quickly widen = szybko rozszerz się quickly widen

Rand's search widened quickly, beyond any possible range of a human arm.
The gap between the 5th and 6th Armies quickly widened to forty miles.
Cato worked with renewed frenzy and the gap quickly widened.
The mine consists of a contorted corridor that widens quickly.
This narrow area quickly widens into a large blotch.
The mine consists of a corridor that quickly widens into a secondary blotch.
Mark quickly widened the hole, then climbed up through it.
But the slope quickly widens and the second half can be glorious.
The staircase was narrowest at its bottom, and it widened quickly as they climbed.
A bright vertical line appeared in the air, widening quickly into an opening the size of a large doorway.

(5) significantly, imperceptibly

Kolokacji: 2

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