widespread Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite widely circulated or diffused
    • a widespread doctrine
    • widespread fear of nuclear war
  2. adjective satellite distributed over a considerable extent
    far-flung.
    • far-flung trading operations
    • the West's far-flung mountain ranges
    • widespread nuclear fallout

WordNet

Wide"spread` adjective
Definitions
  1. Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.

Webster 1913