Noun used with modifier

• double-page: This gives me 3o or more double-page spreads, some of which work better than others.

Object

• word: We would like to spread the word around the United Kingdom.

Converse of object

• prevent: The Minister has powers under the Weeds Act 1959 to require an occupier of land to prevent the spread of creeping thistle.

• halt: We support the millenium development goal of halting the spread of HIV and AIDS, malaria and other major diseases by 2015.

Adjective modifier

• geographical: The geographical spread of high BNP votes is also widening.

• geographic: Our latest assessment is that there is a high risk of further global geographic spread of avian flu in birds.

• low-fat: Be careful not to misdescribe bread and butter by using margarine or low-fat spread.

• rapid: Audio programming has become cheap and easy to make and has led to the rapid spread of the podcasting phenomenon.

• metastatic: All costs for treatment in relation to the primary presenting tumor and metastatic spread will be excluded including any complications relating to the cancer.

Modifies a noun

• betting: Home | About World Leaders in Spread Betting With spread betting, the better your judgment, the for a change of luck?

• bet: Can I use spread bets to play penny shares?

• better: Different products have different days of expiry so spread betters must check and be aware of these dates beforehand.

Present participle complement

• bet: However as I've been saying for many years now one of the beauties about spread betting firms is their flexibility.

Preposition: of

• infection: This in turn would mean we would be less able to prevent future spread of infections.

• disease: The goal is to reverse the spread of these dread diseases by 2015.

• gospel: And thirdly, church growth is caused by the spread of the gospel.

Preposition: like

• wildfire: Report of the 9 Prophet's illness, soon followed by tidings of his death, had spread like wildfire over the land.

Preposition: by

• mosquito: It is spread by mosquitoes and there is no vaccine.