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Noun widening has 3 senses

• widening(n = noun.process) broadening - an increase in width; Array
is a kind of growth, increase, increment
Antonym: narrowing
Derived form verb widen₁

• widening(n = noun.artifact) turnout - a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park; Array
is a kind of part, portion
is a part of road, route

• widening(n = noun.act) broadening - the act of making something wider; Array
is a kind of change of shape
Antonym: narrowing
Derived form verb widen₃

THESAURUS

widening

access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, adjunct, advance, aggrandizement, ampliation, amplification, appreciation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, bloating, boom, boost, broadening, buildup, crescendo, deployment, development, dispersion, edema, elevation, enlargement, expansion, extension, fanning out, flare, flood, gain, greatening, growth, gush, hike, hiking, increase, increment, inflation, jump, leap, magnification, mounting, multiplication, productiveness, proliferation, raise, raising, rise, snowballing, splay, spread, spreading, surge, swelling, tumescence, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, waxing

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