widespread

adj
/ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/

Etymology

From wide + spread.

  1. derived from *(s)per-
  2. inherited from *spraidijaną
  3. inherited from sprǣdan
  4. inherited from spreden
  5. compounded as widespread — “wide + spread

Definitions

  1. Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body)

    Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

    • widespread belief
    • widespread criticism
    • widespread acceptance
  2. Spread far apart.

    • Women with knee-length silk stockings, sitting with widespread legs on sunwashed green benches

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at widespread. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at widespread. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at widespread

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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