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spread
noun as in expansion, development; extent
Strongest matches
advance, advancement, dissemination, escalation, increase, spreading, transmission
Strong matches
compass, diffusion, dispersion, enlargement, expanse, extension, period, profusion, proliferation, radiation, ramification, range, reach, scope, span, stretch, suffusion, sweep, term, transfusion
verb as in open or fan out
Strongest matches
circulate, cover, develop, disperse, escalate, expand, extend, flow, increase, lay, multiply, proliferate, reach, set, spray, stretch
Strong matches
arrange, array, bloat, broaden, cast, coat, daub, diffuse, dilate, diverge, enlarge, flatten, gloss, lengthen, lie, mushroom, open, overlay, paint, pervade, prepare, radiate, settle, smear, sprawl, strew, suffuse, swell, uncoil, unfold, unfurl, unroll, untwist, unwind, widen
Weak matches
be displayed, be distributed, branch off, even out, outstretch, roll out
Example Sentences
Vultures thus fulfil an important ecological role by cleaning landscapes of carrion and containing the spread of wildlife diseases.
One PSF basically describes how an infinitely small point source of light originating in the sample is widened and spread into a three-dimensional diffraction pattern by the optical system.
The new town movement spread from Europe to East Asia, such as to Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Plus, the West had antibiotics — which spread willy-nilly not just in medications, but in toothpaste, lipstick and, perhaps most dangerously, into farm animals to promote growth.
A few days later she had an operation, at which point doctors told her there was a risk the cancer had spread to her womb.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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