The meaning of SPREAD is to open or expand over a larger area. How to use spread in a sentence.

SPREAD definition: 1. to cover or reach a wider or increasing area, or to make something do this: 2. to affect more…. Learn more.

Spread definition: to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed byout ).. See examples of SPREAD used in a sentence.

To become separated; be forced farther apart: The land masses spread until there was an ocean between them. n.

If you spread something somewhere, you open it out or arrange it over a place or surface, so that all of it can be seen or used easily. She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it.

to stretch out, esp. over a flat surface: [~ + object] Spread the blanket under the tree. [no object] The blanket will spread far enough for both of us to sit on it.

Definition of spread. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.

SPREAD definition: 1. to arrange something so that it covers a large area: 2. to arrange for something to happen over…. Learn more.

Synonyms for SPREAD: disseminate, propagate, circulate, broadcast, transmit, impart, dispense, diffuse; Antonyms of SPREAD: hold (in), hide, conceal, obscure, veil, secrete, mask, contain

The spread of a financial instrument is the difference between the selling price and the purchase price.