widen

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see also: Widen

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Etymology

From wide + -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwaɪdən/

Verb

widen (widens, present participle widening; simple past and past participle widened)

1. (intransitive) To become wide or wider.

   His eyes widened as her negligee fell to the floor.

2. (transitive) To make wide or wider.
3. (transitive) To let out clothes to a larger size.

   She widened his trousers for him.

4. (transitive) To broaden or extend in scope or range.

   The police widened their enquiries.

5. (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that can hold a larger number of distinct values.

   Antonyms: narrow

   to widen a short variable to an int variable

Translations

• French: s’élargir
• Italian: allargarsi
• Russian: расширя́ться

Translations

• French: élargir
• German: erweitern, weiten
• Italian: allargare
• Portuguese: alargar
• Russian: расширя́ть

Translations

• French: élargir

Translations

• French: élargir
• German: erweitern
• Italian: allargare
• Russian: расширя́ть

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Widen

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Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Widén.

Proper noun

1. Surname.

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