"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

They ran on between the trees, the crack slowly widening beside them.
His smile slowly widened as he advanced on the waiting Investigator.
Her eyes slowly widened, as she stared at him.
Hoestler's eyes widened slowly as the vision took shape inside his head.
Anne's eyes slowly widened, and she sat away from him.
She nodded back, her smile slowly widening into a victory grin.
As she spoke, the girl's eyes widened slowly, until they reached a large, fixed stare.
If he hadn't known better he'd have imagined there was an appeal in her slowly widening green eyes.
She opened her mind, making it, as Dave had suggested, like the lens of a camera, slowly widening.
The rent in the steel wall slowly widened, as something forced it open from outside.

2. widen rapidly = rozszerz się szybko widen rapidly

3. quickly widen = szybko rozszerz się quickly widen

(5) significantly, imperceptibly

Kolokacji: 2

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