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enwiden

UK/ɛnˈwaɪdə̆n/

enwiden verb: broaden; diversify.

Verb

enwiden (third-person singular simple present enwidens, present participle enwidening, simple past and past participle enwidened)

  1. Broaden; diversify.
    • […] seeking not so much to extend its dominion as to enwiden its markets and civilizing influence.1929, Stephen Henry Roberts, The History of French Colonial Policy, 1870–1925, published 1963, page 340
    • During the very decade, when the League of Nations went bankrupt as a political agency for international peace and security, i.e. the ‛thirties, the organization through its secretariat, various specialized commissions, and expert committees, kept on doing much useful technical work in the...1945, Utrikespolitiska Institutet, Peace and Security After the Second World War, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, page 174

Synonyms of enwiden

Forms of enwiden

third-person singular presentenwidens
present participleenwidening
past participleenwidened
pastenwidened

Origin of enwiden

From en- + widen. Compare English enlengthen.

Questions about enwiden

What does enwiden mean?
Enwiden means broaden; diversify.
What part of speech is enwiden?
Enwiden is a verb.
How do you pronounce enwiden?
Enwiden is pronounced /ɛnˈwaɪdə̆n/ (UK).
What is the past tense of enwiden?
The past tense of enwiden is enwidened.

Words near enwiden in the dictionary

  1. enweaving
  2. enwheel
  3. enwheeled
  4. enwheeling
  5. enwheels
  6. enwiden
  7. enwidened
  8. enwidening
  9. enwidens
  10. enwind
  11. enwinding

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