Preposition: throughout

• country: And, from about 1837, the Mechanics ' Institutes, which were now widespread throughout the country, took up this idea.

Modifying Another Word

• formerly: However, since 1999, some formerly widespread species have declined severely and now have a restricted range.

• sufficiently: The very minor problem of Y2K was sufficiently widespread to threaten to disrupt much or all of this.

• increasingly: The increasingly widespread discussion of the topic in recent years basically revolves around numbers.

• relatively: We will thus be studying, in an experimental setting, two relatively widespread practices in the pig industry.

• once: This clearly represents an overall decline in both extent and quality of the once widespread and common feature of our countryside.

• quite: The general appearance of the Aberdeen style is quite widespread across England at the end of the twelfth century.

Modifies a noun

• adoption: Whether the extra link functionality of XLink is sufficient to justify widespread adoption is still a matter of debate.

• acclaim: In 1997, Oxford University Press launched, to widespread acclaim, a new paperback series which took these changes into account.

• acceptance: However, much of the work on transferable skills has largely failed to provide an approach which has gained widespread acceptance.

• dissatisfaction: There is also widespread dissatisfaction at Dr. Condon's attitude to the case.

• ignorance: It was founded in 1958 to fight the then widespread ignorance of nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture.

• condemnation: After a wave of local protests and widespread international condemnation, Grameen withdrew from the agreement.

Used with adjective complement

• become: In addition the use of the Buy Recycled logo is becoming more widespread.

• remain: This is, however, selfish and if everybody had that attitude, the diseases would remain widespread.

Preposition: in

• population: The vaccine targets human papillomavirus ( HPV ), which is widespread in the population.

• society: Misunderstandings and fears about HIV are still widespread in society.

• area: They are widespread in this area of Kent; Hayes Common comes to mind as another example.

• sector: Such schemes are widespread in the film sector, almost non existent for music.

• part: It is not thought to be a risk in the UK, but is widespread in various parts of Europe.