spread
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[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /'sprɛd/
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- Rhymes: -ɛd
[edit] Verb
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to spread (third-person singular simple present spreads, present participle spreading, simple past and past participle spread)
- (transitive) To put one’s legs apart.
- (transitive) To divide something in a homogeneous way.
- (transitive) To scatter.
- (transitive) To put butter or jam onto bread.
- (transitive) To expand.
- Missionaries spread their religion's teachings.
- (intransitive) To expand.
- The disease had spread into remote villages.
- 2008, Wikipedia:Age of Enlightenment[1]:
- The movement spread through much of Europe, including Russia and Scandinavia.
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to put one’s legs apart
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to divide something in a homogeneous way
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to scatter
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to put butter or jam onto bread
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(transitive) to expand
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(intransitive) to expand
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[edit] Noun
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spread (plural spreads)
- The act of spreading or something that has been spread.
- An expanse of land.
- A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
- A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
- Any form of food designed to be spread onto a slice of bread etc.
- An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
- A numerical difference.
- (business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
- (trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
- (trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
- (trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
- (trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
- (finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
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[edit] Translations
act of spreading
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something that has been spread
expanse of land
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piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread)
large meal, especially one laid out on a table
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food designed to be spread
item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page
numerical difference
[edit] External links
- spread in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- spread in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
