wide-ranging

English

Adjective

wide-ranging (comparative more wide-ranging, superlative most wide-ranging)

1. Occurring over a wide range; appearing throughout a broad region, or extending over a diverse spectrum of possibilities.
   • 1963 September, “The new Tyne and Healey Mills yards of the North Eastern”, in Modern Railways, page 169:

     At least half of this traffic is coal from the Yorkshire pits, an increasing amount of which is running in block trains that bypass the yard on the main line; the remainder is wide-ranging in its diversity, from wool to wine and textiles to timber.

Related terms

• long-ranging