Footer

    Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

    About

    • About Us
    • Our Learning Services
    • Join Us
    • FAQ
    • Hot Tags

    Services

    • Pronunciation Challenge
    • Saved
    • Search Vocabulary
    • Blog

    Channels

    Levels

    • A1
    • A2
    • B1
    • B2
    • C1
    • C2

    Privacy˙Terms˙
    ©2026 VoiceTube Corporation. All rights reserved

    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

    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

    Iran's president killed in crash: BBC News Review

    06:35Iran's president killed in crash: BBC News Review
    • Vibration spread across an area.

      Vibration spread across an area.

    • The impact of something can spread across an area.

      The impact of something can spread across an area.

    B2

    RESPECT

    07:25RESPECT
    • I believe very firmly that every single person in the world has the ability to do something amazing or terrible, to spread love or hate.

      I believe very firmly that every single person in the world has the ability to do something amazing or terrible, to spread love or hate.

    • To spread love <3

      To spread love <3

    A2

    What does your sleep position say about you?

    12:44What does your sleep position say about you?
    • So, when you go to bed at night, do you sleep like a little baby, or do you sleep spread

      So, when you go to bed at night, do you sleep like a little baby, or do you sleep spread

    • Or do you sleep spread out, or do you sleep very stiffly?

      Or do you sleep spread out, or do you sleep very stiffly?

    A2

    It’s Not Just the U.S. Why Are World Leaders So Old Now? | WSJ State of the Stat

    07:09It’s Not Just the U.S. Why Are World Leaders So Old Now? | WSJ State of the Stat
    • One, of course, is medical technology is just getting better, and it's spread more widely.

      One, of course, is medical technology is just getting better, and it's spread more widely.

    • is just getting better and it's spread more widely.

      is just getting better and it's spread more widely.

    B1

    Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33

    14:03Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33
    • Those companies could finance bigger trade missions and also spread the risk of international trade.

      Those companies could finance bigger trade missions and also spread the risk of international trade.

    • also spread the risk of international trade.

      also spread the risk of international trade.

    B1

    Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3

    12:06Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3
    • My benevolent shade was spread over the city.

      My benevolent shade was spread over the city.

    • The Assyrians spread this worldview with propaganda, like monumental architecture and readings about how awesome the king was at public festivals, all of which was designed to inspire awe in the empire's subjects.

      The Assyrians spread this worldview with propaganda, like monumental architecture and readings about how awesome the king was at public festivals, all of which was designed to inspire awe in the empire's subjects.

    B2

    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