Collocations for "widespread"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "widespread" in context.
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widespread
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- (the) widespread [use, distribution, deployment, consumption] (of)
- widespread [news, phone, sports] coverage
- there is widespread coverage (today) of the [meeting, rally]
- widespread [internet, public] access
- is widespread access to
- there is widespread [speculation, confusion, doubt] over
- [speculation] is widespread [concerning, as to]
- [there was, it caused] widespread panic [in, across] the city
- panic was widespread across the city
- widespread [disease, infection, illness, epidemic, poverty]
- forecast is for widespread [rain, frost, sunshine]
- a widespread frost is expected
- a widespread [issue, problem, concern, worry, evil]
- it is a widespread [conviction, belief, theory] that
- corruption is widespread in [society, sport, politics, the party]
- [gained, gathered] widespread [interest, backing, support]
- is widespread in the [country, sector, continent]
'widespread' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acceptance
- belief
- bigotry
- cause
- commuter
- famine
- misconception
- panic
- petty
- resentment
- shortage
- warfare