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widenings

widenings is the plural of widening.

Meaning of widening

Noun

widening (plural widenings)

  1. The action of the verb widen.
    • 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.1887, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Merry Men, Olalla

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Questions about widenings

What is widenings the plural of?
Widenings is the plural of widening.

Words near widenings in the dictionary

  1. widening conversion
  2. widening conversions
  3. widening someone's horizons
  4. widening up
  5. wideningly
  6. widenings
  7. widenmannite
  8. widens
  9. widens someone's horizons
  10. widens up
  11. wideout

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