The widening gap between rich and poor creates social problems.
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.
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widening — index augmentation, cumulative (increasing), extension (expansion) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
widening — noun 1. the act of making something wider • Syn: ↑broadening • Ant: ↑narrowing • Derivationally related forms: ↑widen • Hypernyms: ↑change of shape … Useful english dictionary
Widening — Widen Wid en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Widened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Widening}.] To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
widening — adj. Widening is used with these nouns: ↑circle, ↑gap, ↑gulf … Collocations dictionary
widening — išplėtimas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. broadening; expansion; widening vok. Ausdehnung, f; Verbreitung, f rus. расширение, n; уширение, n pranc. expansion, f; élargissement, m … Automatikos terminų žodynas
widening — išplitimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. broadening; widening vok. Verbreiterung, f rus. расширение, n; уширение, n pranc. élargissement, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
widening — išplėtimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. broadening; widening vok. Verbreiterung, f rus. расширение, n; уширение, n pranc. élargissement, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
Widening participation — The goal of widening participation in higher education is a major component of government education policy in the United Kingdom; see role of the new Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. It consists of an attempt to increase not… … Wikipedia
widening — См. Bedeutungsverschiebung … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
widening — Synonyms and related words: access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, adjunct, advance, aggrandizement, ampliation, amplification, appreciation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, bloating, boom, boost, broadening … Moby Thesaurus
