road widening

collocation in English

meaningsofroadandwiden

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road
noun[C or U]
uk
/rəʊd/us
/roʊd/
a long, hard surface built for vehicles to ...
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widen
verb[I or T]
uk
/ˈwaɪ.dən/us
/ˈwaɪ.dən/
to become, or to make something greater ...
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(Definition ofroadandwidenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theroadwideningworks are nearly completed.
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There is urgent need forroadwidening.
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We shall devise aroadwideningscheme?
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So they say; butroadwideningis in progress.
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I have mentionedroadwideningand road extensions.
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For example, this may arise on aroadwideningscheme.
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It seems that there is noroadwideningprogramme now.
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There will beroadwideningand the removal of roundabouts.
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As the years take their toll, many of these osseous relics have decayed, been displaced byroadwidening, or neglected when the local residents have lost interest.
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During our negotiations and exchanges, however, it was accepted that there had beenroadwidening.
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It is an inadequate way of protecting his constituents from the ravages ofroadwidening.
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We are doing that rather extensively, especially whenroadwideningis taking place.
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The gates were removed in 1956 as a result of aroadwideningscheme.
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I understand that the currentroadwideningis not related to the tramlink—so they say.
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I see no reason, therefore, to change my decision about theroadwideningscheme.
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The proposedroadwideningincorporating a ghost island would cost about £50,000.
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An exact reproduction would not be possible if land were surrendered for theroadwideningscheme.
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Slum clearance, commercial redevelopment, orroadwidening, or all three, threaten these places.
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Their future is somewhat indefinite, but they are not inevitably included in theroadwideningscheme.
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Where possible, they will be constructed duringroadwidening, which has been referred to before.
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Only two of these properties will have to be demolished for theroadwideningscheme.
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Therefore, in many cases it is simply impossible to place them without substantialroadwidening.
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