how to pronounce widen

/ˈwaɪdən/

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widen is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of widen in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… imperative that you widen your circles …”

meaning of widen

To widen means to make something wider.

widen frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word widen occurs in english on average 1.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics widen can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that widen can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;