widen

意味: 広げる

例文: Haruki had to widen the doorway after Momo’s donut binge.
    モモがドーナツを食べ過ぎたので、ハルキは入口を広げるはめに。

定義: より広く、幅が広がりまたはもっと広範になる

コロケーション:

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Definitions(定義)

Verb: become broader or wider or more extensive
Verb: make (clothes) larger
Verb: make wider
Verb: extend in scope or range or area

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

Verb: The road widened
Verb: Let out that dress–I gained a lot of weight
Verb: widen the road
Verb: The law was extended to all citizens
Verb: widen the range of applications
Verb: broaden your horizon
Verb: Extend your backyard

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): broaden, extend, let out, widen

Antonyms(反意語): narrow, take in

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, increase

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, accrue, accumulate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adapt, add, add to, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, alternate, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, appreciate, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, augment, automatize, avianize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blow up, blunt, blur, boil, boost, break, break down, brighten, bring, broaden, brutalize, bubble, build up, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, crackle, crescendo, cry, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, enlarge, equal, eroticize, escalate, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, explode, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, gain, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, grow, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, heighten, honeycomb, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, kite, laicize, legitimate, lend, lengthen, let out, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, maximize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, modulate, morph, move, muddy, multiply, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, professionalize, proof, prostrate, pullulate, purify, put, pyramid, radicalize, raise, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, regenerate, relax, remodel, restore, rev up, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shoot up, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, snowball, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, specialize, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, swell, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, take in, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, up, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, warm, wax, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): broaden, dilate, flare out, globalize, stretch, territorialize, white out

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: extension, extensive, extent, widening

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): en

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories:

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