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    spread

    US /sprɛd/

    ・

    UK /spred/

    A2TOEIC
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
    They laid out a huge spread in a tent for the wedding guests
    v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To place over a large area; to cover a large area
    The water spread out over the field after the river broke
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)The distance between two things
    What’s the spread between the tallest and shortest children
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Soft food thinly applied, e.g. on bread
    Do you have any spread, such as jam?
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo apply something thinly, usually onto food
    Tania spread icing carefully onto the cake
    v.i.Intransitive VerbTo give or be given to other people, as a disease
    The disease spread rapidly through the village community
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)When a disease is passed to more people
    The spread of the disease happened because people did not wash their hands
    v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)(Of ideas, gossip) to pass to and affect others
    Please spread the word that my house is for sale
    v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To move something apart, or to put space between
    Please spread your arms, I need to listen to your heart
    v.i.Intransitive VerbTo become known by a greater number of people
    Word of Queen Lucy's kindness spread all over the land
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Range or wide variety of something
    Tony enjoyed serving a large spread of food when he had guests

    Video subtitles

    How Words Can Harm: Crash Course Philosophy #28

    10:46How Words Can Harm: Crash Course Philosophy #28
    • one you don't think others should hold, you should take care not to spread it through your speech.

      one you don't think others should hold, you should take care not to spread it through your speech.

    • So if it's an attitude you don't really hold, and one you don't think others should hold, you should take care not to spread it through your speech.

      So if it's an attitude you don't really hold, and one you don't think others should hold, you should take care not to spread it through your speech.

    B1

    How 'Quiet Quitting' Became The Next Phase Of The Great Resignation

    08:32How 'Quiet Quitting' Became The Next Phase Of The Great Resignation
    • Since then, the trend has spread like wildfire, with hashtags like #quietquitting, #quitting, and #quieting.

      Since then, the trend has spread like wildfire, with hashtags like #quietquitting, #quitting, and #quieting.

    • trend has spread like wildfire with hashtags like

      trend has spread like wildfire with hashtags like

    B1

    Why these all-white paintings are in museums and mine aren't

    06:30Why these all-white paintings are in museums and mine aren't
    • It's tempting to look at one of these paintings and think that some jerk just took a tube of white paint and spread it on a canvas—but it's not actually that easy.

      It's tempting to look at one of these paintings and think that some jerk just took a tube of white paint and spread it on a canvas—but it's not actually that easy.

    B1

    Why Billionaires Try So Hard To Look "Poor"

    11:51Why Billionaires Try So Hard To Look "Poor"
    • So important in fact that some of them are now spending millions of dollars every year for PR agencies to spread the message that they are just regular people that drive regular cars,

      So important in fact that some of them are now spending millions of dollars every year for PR agencies to spread the message that they are just regular people that drive regular cars,

    B1

    Nature destroying nature: BBC News Review

    06:00Nature destroying nature: BBC News Review
    • They are invasive and they spread quickly and they cause damage, but we are looking at 'repelled'.

      They are invasive and they spread quickly and they cause damage, but we are looking at 'repelled'.

    B2

    Your Microwave's Most Underrated Button | Techniquely with Lan Lam

    10:46Your Microwave's Most Underrated Button | Techniquely with Lan Lam
    • Spread one tablespoon of cheese onto your plate into a little disc.

      Spread one tablespoon of cheese onto your plate into a little disc.

    B1

    How the “lost cities” of the Amazon were finally found

    06:55How the “lost cities” of the Amazon were finally found
    • spread by the first generation of European colonizers

      spread by the first generation of European colonizers

    B1

    Let's Learn English in the Garden! ???

    08:16Let's Learn English in the Garden! ???
    • So there was a bare spot here a few months ago, and so we spread some grass seed using this spreader.

      So there was a bare spot here a few months ago, and so we spread some grass seed using this spreader.

    • A spreader is something you use to spread seed.

      A spreader is something you use to spread seed.

    B2

    12 Signs You’re Way More Intelligent Than You Realize

    11:4412 Signs You’re Way More Intelligent Than You Realize
    • in a studio surrounded by crafts or a garage with  every tool you can imagine spread onto the floor.  

      in a studio surrounded by crafts or a garage with  every tool you can imagine spread onto the floor.  

    • You may work in a studio surrounded by crafts or a garage with every tool you can imagine spread out onto the floor.

      You may work in a studio surrounded by crafts or a garage with every tool you can imagine spread out onto the floor.

    B1

    Non-smoking Asian women getting lung cancer at a high rate; new study seeks to determine why

    06:11Non-smoking Asian women getting lung cancer at a high rate; new study seeks to determine why
    • The cancer has now spread to her abdomen.

      The cancer has now spread to her abdomen.

    • SPREAD TO HER. ABDOMEN. BUT

      SPREAD TO HER. ABDOMEN. BUT

    B1