Widened

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have been enlarged in terms of width or space
2. To have undergone a process that increases the measurement across its breadth or capacity
3. To have become more extensive from side to side, increasing the space or scope occupied

Etymology: "Widened" is the past tense and past participle of "widen", so it describes the verb's action or state as a completed event. "Widen" is formed from the adjective "wide" plus the suffix "-en", a common English verb-forming ending that turns adjectives into verbs meaning "to make or become" that quality. "Wide" itself comes from Old English "wid", meaning broad or extensive in measure, and it is related to the Germanic root behind "way" and "wade" in its sense of distance across or spread out.

Synonyms: expanded, broadened

Antonyms: narrowed, contracted