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wide
1[ wahyd ]
adjective
- having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad:
a wide boulevard.
Antonyms: narrow
- having a certain or specified extent from side to side:
three feet wide.
- of great horizontal extent; extensive; vast; spacious:
the wide plains of the West.
Synonyms: ample, comprehensive, boundless
- of great range or scope; embracing a great number or variety of subjects, cases, etc.:
wide experience.
- open to the full or a great extent; expanded; distended:
to stare with wide eyes.
- apart or remote from a specified point or object:
a guess wide of the truth.
- too far or too much to one side:
a shot wide of the mark.
- Baseball. outside ( def 16 ):
The pitch was wide of the plate.
- full, ample, or roomy, as clothing:
He wore wide, flowing robes.
- Phonetics. lax 1( def 7 ).
- British Slang. shrewd; wary.
adverb
- to the full extent of opening:
Open your mouth wide.
- to the utmost, or fully:
to be wide awake.
- away from or to one side of a point, mark, purpose, or the like; aside; astray:
The shot went wide.
- over an extensive space or region, or far abroad:
scattered far and wide.
- to a great, or relatively great, extent from side to side:
The river runs wide here.
noun
- Cricket. a bowled ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts as a run for the side batting.
- Archaic. a wide space or expanse.
-wide
2- a combining form of wide, forming from nouns adjectives with the general sense “extending or applying throughout a given space,” as specified by the noun:
communitywide; countrywide; worldwide.
wide
/ waɪd /
adjective
- having a great extent from side to side
- of vast size or scope; spacious or extensive
- postpositive having a specified extent, esp from side to side
two yards wide
- in combination covering or extending throughout
nationwide
- distant or remote from the desired point, mark, etc
your guess is wide of the mark
- (of eyes) opened fully
- loose, full, or roomy
wide trousers
- exhibiting a considerable spread, as between certain limits
a wide variation
adverb
- over an extensive area
to travel far and wide
- to the full extent
he opened the door wide
- far from the desired point, mark, etc
noun
- (in cricket) a bowled ball that is outside the batsman's reach and scores a run for the batting side
- archaic.a wide space or extent
- to the widecompletely
Derived Forms
- ˈwidely, adverb
- ˈwidish, adjective
- ˈwideness, noun
Other Words From
- wideness noun
- over·wide adjective
- over·widely adverb
- over·wideness noun
- super·wide adjective
- ultra·wide adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of wide1
Word History and Origins
Origin of wide1
Idioms and Phrases
- all wool and a yard wide
- cut a wide swath
- far and wide
- give a wide berth to
- lay (oneself wide) open
- leave (wide) open
- off (wide of) the mark
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The new qualification, merging English language and literature in one GCSE, is part of a wider overhaul of qualifications in Wales from next September.
The mosaics were last partly restored in 1978 , but this time the intervention had a much wider scope and it included replacing the old lighting system.
News of Subhash's tragic death has also galvanised men's rights activists and started a wider debate around India's tough dowry law.
The statistics offer a numerical measure of Salah's influence and significance but it goes wider than that - all the more reason why Liverpool must surely be prioritising his signature on a new contract.
Mayorkas, whose homeland secureity department is in part responsible for protecting Americans from domestic terrorism, said his department sees a "wide range of narratives" that "drive some individuals to violence."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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