wide-reaching

English

Adjective

wide-reaching (comparative more wide-reaching, superlative most wide-reaching)

1. Having significant and widely applicable effects.
   • 2021 September 22, Patrick Talbot, “Rail trespass: why you must secure your premises”, in RAIL, number 940, page 69:

     Trespass on the railway can result in tragic consequences that can have a life-changing and wide-reaching impact on individuals and their families and friends.

Alternative forms

• widereaching

Related terms

• far-reaching

References

• “wide-reaching”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.