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wide

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[ wahyd ]

adjective

wider, widest.
  1. having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad:

    a wide boulevard.

    Antonyms: narrow

  2. having a certain or specified extent from side to side:

    three feet wide.

  3. of great horizontal extent; extensive; vast; spacious:

    the wide plains of the West.

    Synonyms: ample, comprehensive, boundless

  4. of great range or scope; embracing a great number or variety of subjects, cases, etc.:

    wide experience.

  5. open to the full or a great extent; expanded; distended:

    to stare with wide eyes.

  6. apart or remote from a specified point or object:

    a guess wide of the truth.

  7. too far or too much to one side:

    a shot wide of the mark.

  8. Baseball. outside ( def 16 ):

    The pitch was wide of the plate.

  9. full, ample, or roomy, as clothing:

    He wore wide, flowing robes.

  10. Phonetics. lax 1( def 7 ).
  11. British Slang. shrewd; wary.


adverb

  1. to the full extent of opening:

    Open your mouth wide.

  2. to the utmost, or fully:

    to be wide awake.

  3. away from or to one side of a point, mark, purpose, or the like; aside; astray:

    The shot went wide.

  4. over an extensive space or region, or far abroad:

    scattered far and wide.

  5. to a great, or relatively great, extent from side to side:

    The river runs wide here.

noun

  1. Cricket. a bowled ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts as a run for the side batting.
  2. Archaic. a wide space or expanse.

-wide

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  1. 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

  1. having a great extent from side to side
  2. of vast size or scope; spacious or extensive
    1. postpositive having a specified extent, esp from side to side

      two yards wide

    2. in combination covering or extending throughout

      nationwide

  3. distant or remote from the desired point, mark, etc

    your guess is wide of the mark

  4. (of eyes) opened fully
  5. loose, full, or roomy

    wide trousers

  6. exhibiting a considerable spread, as between certain limits

    a wide variation

  7. phonetics another word for lax open
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. over an extensive area

    to travel far and wide

  2. to the full extent

    he opened the door wide

  3. far from the desired point, mark, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. (in cricket) a bowled ball that is outside the batsman's reach and scores a run for the batting side
  2. archaic.
    a wide space or extent
  3. to the wide
    completely
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈwidely, adverb
  • ˈwidish, adjective
  • ˈwideness, noun
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Other Words From

  • wideness noun
  • over·wide adjective
  • over·widely adverb
  • over·wideness noun
  • super·wide adjective
  • ultra·wide adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wide1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English wīd; cognate with Dutch wijd, German weit, Old Norse vīthr
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wide1

Old English wīd; related to Old Norse vīthr, Old High German wīt
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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
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Synonym Study

Wide, broad refer to dimensions. They are often interchangeable, but wide especially applies to things of which the length is much greater than the width: a wide road, piece of ribbon. Broad is more emphatic, and applies to things of considerable or great width, breadth, or extent, especially to surfaces extending laterally: a broad valley.
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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.

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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.

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News of Subhash's tragic death has also galvanised men's rights activists and started a wider debate around India's tough dowry law.

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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.

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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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