wide-ranging
Definition
Adjective: 1. Covering or including a great variety of things; extensive in scope: The word describes something that includes many different types, subjects, or areas, or that extends over a large range. 2. Widely different; varied: It can also describe something characterized by great diversity or variety within itself.
Usage
The adjective "wide-ranging" is used to modify a noun, indicating that the noun's scope, influence, or content is broad and comprehensive. It often describes discussions, interests, effects, studies, or collections.
Examples
- The committee conducted a wide-ranging investigation into the industry's practices.
- She has wide-ranging talents, from mathematics to music.
- The new policy is expected to have wide-ranging consequences for the economy.
- The professor's lecture was a wide-ranging discussion of 20th-century art movements.
- The book offers a wide-ranging analysis of global climate patterns.
Advanced Usage
- "wide-ranging powers": Describes authority or legal powers that are broad and not limited to a specific area.
- The new agency was given wide-ranging powers to regulate the financial sector.
- "wide-ranging reforms": Refers to a set of changes or improvements that affect many different parts of a system.
- The government proposed wide-ranging reforms to the healthcare system.
Variants and Related Words
- Wide-ranging is typically hyphenated when used as a compound adjective before a noun (e.g., a wide-ranging debate). It may sometimes be written without a hyphen in other positions.
- Range (verb/noun): The base word, meaning to vary between limits or the area of variation.
- Far-ranging (adjective): Very similar in meaning, emphasizing great extent or scope.
Synonyms
- Extensive
- Comprehensive
- Broad
- Sweeping
- Varied
- Diverse
- All-encompassing
Antonyms
- Narrow
- Limited
- Restricted
- Specific
- Specialized
Related Phrases
- Cover a wide range: A verbal phrase with a similar meaning.
- His research covers a wide range of topics.
- Run the gamut: An idiom meaning to encompass a complete range of something.
- The interviews ran the gamut from supportive to hostile. (This implies a wide-ranging set of opinions).
Adjective
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widely different
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varied motives prompt people to join a political party
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varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants
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including much
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the pianist's wide-ranging repertoire
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