wide-ranging

[ wahyd-reyn-jing ]
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adjective
  1. extending over a large area; extensive or diversified in scope: wide-ranging lands; a wide-ranging discussion.

Origin of wide-ranging

1
First recorded in 1810–20

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How to use wide-ranging in a sentence

  • Particularly important among these wide-ranging correctors are two hands that I will call r1 and r2.

  • Hyla eximia is a wide-ranging species varying greatly geographically and individually.

  • Others lack power to put out a wide-ranging root supply and the first drought kills these.

    The Meaning of Evolution | Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • The citadel affords, it is said, a wide-ranging view, but we prefer the arcades and the people to the heat of the climb.

  • For such work his big nature and strange character were well fitted, and his wide-ranging mind appreciated the extent of the task.

    Cecil Rhodes | Princess Catherine Radziwill