enwidenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈwaɪdə̆n/

動詞

enwiden (三人称単数 現在形 enwidens, 現在分詞 enwidening, 過去形および過去分詞形 enwidened)

1. Broaden; diversify.
   • 1929, Roberts, Stephen Henry, The History of French Colonial Policy, 1870–1925, published 1963, page 340:

     […] seeking not so much to extend its dominion as to enwiden its markets and civilizing influence.

   • 1945, Utrikespolitiska Institutet, Peace and Security After the Second World War, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, page 174:

     During the very decade, when the League of Nations went bankrupt as a political agency for international peace and security, i.e. the ‛thirties, the organization through its secretariat, various specialized commissions, and expert committees, kept on doing much useful technical work in the economic, social, and humanitarian fields and also rendered it more feasible for the League to enwiden its collaboration in those fields with the nations outside the League.

   • 1953, Indonesia Djawatan Pendidikan Masjarakat, Mass Education in Indonesia, Indonesia: Ministry of Education Instruction and Culture, page 117:

     2. To enwiden, increase and enlarge the knowledge, the intelligence and the consciousness of the people…

同意語

• (broaden): broaden, widen; See also Thesaurus:widen
• (diversify): variegate, vary; See also Thesaurus:diversify