widen

/ˈwaɪdən/

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。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: road widen(道路を広げる), eyes widen(目を見開く), gap widen(ギャップが広がる)

定義: 何かを広くすること、または広くなることを指します。例えば、道や川を広げたり、視野を広げたりすることです。物理的な広がりだけでなく、知識や経験を広げることにも使われます。

widenは約600,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

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: 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。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

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)

感情分析に使用された例文：

They plan to widen the road next year.(彼らは来年道路を拡張する予定です。)
The company wants to widen its market reach.(会社は市場の範囲を広げたいと考えています。)
Exercises can help widen your perspective on health.(運動は健康に対する視野を広げる助けになります。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

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: