spread

/spred/

意味: 広がり／普及

例文: The spread of news was quick.
　　  ニュースの広まりは速かった。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: spread butter(バターを塗る), spread news(ニュースを広める), spread wings(翼を広げる)

定義: 何かを広げること、または広がること。例えば、バターをパンに塗るときや、ニュースが多くの人に伝わるときに使います。物理的に広げる場合や、情報や影響が広がる場合にも使われます。

spreadは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
Noun: a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
Noun: farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
Noun: a haphazard distribution in all directions
Noun: a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
Noun: a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
Noun: two facing pages of a book or other publication
Noun: the expansion of a person’s girth (especially at middle age)
Noun: decorative cover for a bed
Noun: act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
Verb: distribute or disperse widely
Verb: become distributed or widespread
Verb: spread across or over
Verb: spread out or open from a closed or folded state
Verb: cause to become widely known
Verb: become widely known and passed on
Verb: strew or distribute over an area
Verb: move outward
Verb: cover by spreading something over
Verb: distribute over a surface in a layer
Adjective: distributed or spread over a considerable extent
Adjective: prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out
Adjective: fully extended in width

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The virus can spread quickly in crowded places.(ウイルスは混雑した場所で素早く広がる。)
She spread butter evenly on the toast.(彼女はトーストにバターを均等に塗った。)
News about the event began to spread online.(イベントのニュースがネットで広まり始めた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: gap between income and outgo
Noun: the spread between lending and borrowing costs
Noun: a banquet for the graduating seniors
Noun: the Thanksgiving feast
Noun: they put out quite a spread
Noun: she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread
Verb: The invaders spread their language all over the country
Verb: the infection spread
Verb: Optimism spread among the population
Verb: A big oil spot spread across the water
Verb: open the map
Verb: spread your arms
Verb: spread information
Verb: circulate a rumor
Verb: broadcast the news
Verb: the rumor spread
Verb: the story went around in the office
Verb: He spread fertilizer over the lawn
Verb: scatter cards across the table
Verb: The soldiers fanned out
Verb: spread the bread with cheese
Verb: spread cheese on a piece of bread
Adjective: has ties with many widely dispersed friends
Adjective: eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe
Adjective: a table spread with food
Adjective: outspread wings
Adjective: with arms spread wide

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): banquet, bed cover, bed covering, bedcover, bedspread, broadcast, cattle farm, cattle ranch, circularise, circularize, circulate, counterpane, diffuse, disperse, dispersed, disseminate, distribute, facing pages, fan out, feast, gap, go around, open, outspread, overspread, pass around, paste, propagate, ranch, scatter, spread, spread head, spread out, spreadhead, spreading, unfold

Antonyms(反意語): fold, gather

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): bedclothes, change of location, circulate, condiment, cover, disparity, distribution, extension, farm, girth, meal, move, page, publicize, spread, travel, undo

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accompany, advance, air, aluminize, angle, arouse, ascend, ascension, assume, automobile, back, bang, bank, banquet, bark, beat, bedaub, bedroll, bedspread, beetle, betake oneself, billow, bind, bite, blacklead, blanket, blindfold, blinker, board up, bob, bolt, bounce, bread, breakfast, breeze, brunch, brush, buck, buffet, bulletin, bustle, butter, canopy, cant, canvas, caravan, careen, career, carpet, carry, catsup, chicken farm, chili sauce, chop, churn, chutney, circle, circuit, circulate, circulation, clapboard, climb, cloak, close, coat, coif, come, complementary distribution, concrete, cowl, cranberry sauce, crape, crash, crawl, creep, croft, cross, crown, cruise, cut, cut to, dairy, dance, daub, deploy, derail, descend, descent, diaspora, diffuse, dinner, dip, discharge, disproportion, dissemination, diverge, do, dodge, dot, drag, drape, draw, drive, drop back, duck, duck sauce, dust, ease, entrance, envelop, exit, export, face, fall, falter, far cry, farmplace, feather, felt, ferry, fidget, flake, flash, flex, flinch, fling, flip, float, flock, flow, flurry, fly, foil, foldout, follow, forge, frost, full page, gap, generalize, get around, get down, ghost, glide, go around, grab, grange, grass, gravel, gravitate, gravitation, grease, gulf, half page, half title, heave, hiss, hit the dirt, hold, home-farm, hood, hop, hop on, horseradish, hurtle, hype, innervation, island hop, jacket, jerk, jolt, jump, lag, laminate, lance, levitation, lime, line, linger, list, lunch, lunge, lurch, make way, marinade, mask, mattress cover, mess, metastasize, mill, mint sauce, mope, mound over, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, mulch, mustard, nod, nosh-up, oil, outflank, overlap, pace, paint, pall, pan, paper, parcel, pass, pass over, paste, picnic, piggery, plank, plaster, play, ploughman’s lunch, plow, potluck, prance, precede, precess, proceed, progress, propagate, publish, pulsate, pursue, push, put on, putter, quicken, quilt, raft, ranch, reach, reciprocate, recover, recto, redistribute, refection, relish, repair, retreat, retrograde, return, ride, ridge, rise, roll, roof, round, run, rush, salsa, sauce, scatter, scramble, seek, seesaw, send around, separate, sewage farm, shake, sheathe, sheepwalk, sheet, shuttle, sidle, sift, ski, slice into, slip, slither, smother, snap, snowshoe, sod, soy sauce, speed, sports page, sprawl, spray, spread, spritz, square meal, stampede, startle, steak sauce, steal, steamer, steel, step, stir, straw, stray, streak, stretch, strew, strike out, stud farm, stumble, supper, swap, swash, sweep, swim, swing, swoop, taco sauce, taxi, tea, teeter, throw, thunder, tile, title page, trail, tram, transfer, translation, travel, travel by, travel purposefully, travel rapidly, truck farm, trundle, turf, turn, unbelt, unbraid, unbuckle, unbutton, unclip, unfasten, unfold, unhitch, unpick, unpin, unplug, unravel, unstaple, unstrap, untie, unwind, unwire, utter, veneer, verso, vibrate, vinegar, vineyard, walk, wallow, wallpaper, wamble, wasabi, wash, wax, weave, wend, wheel, whine, whirl, whish, whisk, whistle, whiteout, withdraw, wobble, wrap, writhe, zigzag, zoom

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): anchovy butter, birdlime, butterfly, carry, catch, center spread, centerfold, cheese spread, circulation, circumfuse, coverlet, creep, decentralization, deploy, diffuse, diffuseness, diffusion, discharge, dispersion, distribute, divaricate, exfoliate, export, fishpaste, garlic butter, generalize, grass, hummus, invasion, irradiation, lobster butter, mantle, manure, margarine, marshmallow fluff, metastasize, miso, nut butter, onion butter, pate, peanut butter, percolate, pimento butter, podcast, popularize, propagate, quilted bedspread, radiation, redistribute, run, scatter, shrimp butter, slather, sow, splay, sprawl, strew, tahini, tapenade, transgress, uncross

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: banquet, broadcast, circular, circulation, diffusion, diffusive, dispersal, dispersion, dispersive, dissemination, disseminative, disseminator, distribution, feast, opening, propagation, propagator, ranch, scatter, scattering, spread, spreader, spreading

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: