spread

noun/verb72 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.9

a fast increase

a large or extensive spread

the extent of spread across the world

an article or advertisement covering two facing pages

a large or extensive spread

an article or advertisement covering two facing pages

a large or extensive spread

an article or advertisement covering two facing pages

a feature in a magazine about fashion

a slow increase over time

a slow increase over time

the middle pages of a newspaper or magazine

a feature in a magazine with many photos

the extent of spread across a region

an article or feature covering a full page

an article or feature covering five pages

an article or feature covering twenty pages

to open something fully

to extend your limbs far apart

to try to do too many things at the same time, so that you cannot give enough time or attention to any of them

to extend your limbs as far apart as possible

when a resource is distributed over too large an area or too many people, making it ineffective

to appear in a prominent article in a publication

to appear in a prominent article in a publication

to stop something from increasing or reaching more people

to stop something from increasing or reaching more people

to manage and limit something spreading

to keep the spread within a limited area

to restrict something spreading

to make something spread more slowly

to stop something from increasing or reaching more people

to make something spread less

to fight against something spreading

attempt to distribute something more widely

to help something increase or reach more people

to deal with the problem of something spreading

to restrain or keep in check something spreading

to help something increase or reach more people

to stop something from increasing or reaching more people

to open, arrange, or extend something to its full extent

to extend or circulate quickly

to extend or circulate quickly

to extend or circulate quickly

to extend or circulate over a large area

to extend or circulate without difficulty

to extend or circulate extremely quickly

to apply or distribute something uniformly

to extend or circulate slowly

to extend or circulate over a very large area

to extend or circulate slowly over time

to distribute something in equal parts

to apply a substance in a thin layer

to apply a substance in a thin layer

to begin to extend or circulate in a short time

to apply a substance in a thick layer

to distribute something in a consistent and even way

to extend from a central point

to distribute something in an inconsistent or unequal way

to open or arrange something with care

used to indicate what is spreading

to cover or affect a wide area; to distribute over a period

to apply a substance over a surface

to cover or affect a wide area

to cover a surface with a particular substance

to distribute between two or more entities

to distribute or circulate within a group