wide-ranging interest

collocation in English

meaningsofwide-rangingandinterest

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wide-ranging
adjective
uk
/ˌwaɪdˈreɪn.dʒɪŋ/us
/ˌwaɪdˈreɪn.dʒɪŋ/
covering ...
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interest
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.trəst/us
/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofwide-rangingandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These proposals have attracted keen andwide-ranginginterest.
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I am not known for mywide-ranginginterestin foreign affairs.
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They have taken into account awide-ranginginterest.
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Now we find that we are compressed into the dinner hour which is not the ideal time for a subject of suchwide-ranginginterest.
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Since these organisations represent very wide-ranging interests it is difficult for them to prioritise one programme over another.
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They shared wide-ranging interests in plant physiology (and especially nitrogen metabolism), freshwater biology, and plant ecology.
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Likewise, they shared wide-ranging interests beyond psychotechnics, from occultism to body culture and literature.
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Can we have two days for that debate, in view of the complexity of the subject and the wide-ranging interests involved?
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Given these wide-ranging interests, it is important that no single group should be in the majority in the management of registered social landlord stock.
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However, the balance must enable the wide-ranging interests of the industry as a whole to be reflected.
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We know that she has wide-ranging interests.
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It showed that he has wide-ranging interests.
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His wide-ranging interests meant he was ideally suited to the role and soon was acquiring everything from archaeological artefacts to eighteenth century costume.
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His wide-ranging interests soon led him to extend his research to include all branches of rural engineering: construction, drainage, irrigation, electrification, hydraulics.
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He had wide-ranging interests and subsequently trained in jewellery design.
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Goodfellow was a pugnacious, brilliant and versatile physician with wide-ranging interests.
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Owing to his wide-ranging interests and in accordance with his scientific mind, his output of drawings and preliminary studies is immense though his finished artistic output is relatively small.
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