spread out

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Become further apart.

   • The police spread out to search a wider area.
2. 2

   To place items further apart.

   • Spread the cards out and then turn two of them over at random.
3. 3

   Far apart, not close to each other, extended over an expanse of space or time.

   • In other words, space is very empty, and particles are very spread out.
   • It is extremely time-consuming to use public transportation and the restaurants and dining are very spread out.
   • The plague is spread person to person, so if the people are very spread out, fewer of them will come in contact with those afflected by the plague.
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   1. 4

      Covering a wide area of space or long period of time.

      • The park is very spread out, with two core areas approximately 1.5 km apart, and the trailer dump station almost 2 km away near the park entrance.
      • As a result, U.S. cities have become very spread out and cover a great deal of land.
      • The t distribution tends to be flatter and more spread out, whereas the normal z distribution has more of a central peak.

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