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spread

How to use spread in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for spread.

Editorial note

Sure, it will spread in the tech community.

Examples18
Definitions23
Parts of speech3

Quick take

process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spread gathered in one view.

noun

process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

noun

a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"

noun

farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spread.

noun

process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

noun

a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"

noun

farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

noun

a haphazard distribution in all directions

noun

a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes

noun

a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; "a banquet for the graduating seniors"; "the Thanksgiving feast"; "they put out quite a spread"

noun

two facing pages of a book or other publication

noun

the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age); "she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread"

noun

act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

verb

distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"

verb

become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"

verb

spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water"

verb

spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms"

verb

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

verb

become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"

verb

strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table"

verb

move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

verb

cover by spreading something over; "spread the bread with cheese"

verb

distribute over a surface in a layer; "spread cheese on a piece of bread"

adjective

distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has ties with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe"

adjective

prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out; "a table spread with food"

adjective

fully extended in width; "outspread wings"; "with arms spread wide"

Example sentences

1

Sure, it will spread in the tech community.

2

There was no explosion, and the fire did not spread to the interior of the vehicle.

3

So far it doesn't seems to have crossed the threshold to be able to spread quickly from person to person.

4

You might wonder "Well are we more risky than the same aggregate volume spread over N accounts?

5

Most important part of the article: "Whats happening now is going to spread across the country," Whitehead said.

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" turns into anti-semitism in the way rumors spread.

7

Then later someone pointed out to me that it was appearing in various signature lines which I suppose led to its being spread.

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[0] I worked directly with the official surveillance data and used it to model And forecast the worldwide spread of the virus.

9

With ISOs, the value of the spread becomes subject to AMT and you can wind up paying large taxes that way in spite of the supposed tax benefits of ISOs.

10

It's interesting to see reddit's America-hatred spread here.

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Better than watching Contagion to get an idea of what a spread looks like at a global scale is to watch [3] which is an accurate representation of the H1N1 spreade in 2009.

12

Treehugger's article is not breathless about biomimicry, not spread over two pages, and not interrupted by adsense and images.

13

Attempts to use real time proxy data like mentions in Twitter and searches in Google to monitor the spread of infectious diseases haven't really been very successful.

14

The various shell/text utilities in those early days spread because they were often usefully a little bit better than the proprietary "native" equivalents shipped by Sun, Dec, AT&T, etc.

15

If all the plutonium produced by civilian nuclear power was pulverized and spread in populated areas, it would not make nuclear reactors as dangerous to people as wind power.

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In situations where accusations of widespread corruption, misconduct, unethical action, etc are made, a phrase that is often trotted out in defense of the accused is "just a few bad apples".

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The way to avoid having a large spread subjecting you to such tax risks is to exercise as early as possible before the company value goes up much but you then need to take the economic risk associated with having to pay hard cash for stock whose long-term value is highly uncertain.

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Software or services that can get into the enterprise like a cockroach, breed and spread under the radar have a really good chance of getting a CIO's attention in a good way - it's an opportunity for them to invest in a solution that works and guarantees that their business will get value since its already been proven on an small scale.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use spread in a sentence?

Sure, it will spread in the tech community.

What does spread mean?

process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

What part of speech is spread?

spread is commonly used as noun, verb, adjective.