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wide
1[ wahyd ]
adjective
- having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad:
a wide boulevard.
Antonyms:
- 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: , ,
- 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
/ ɲɪ /
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
- ˈɾ, adverb
- ˈɾ徱, adjective
- ˈɾԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ɾn noun
- v·ɾ adjective
- v·ɾly adverb
- over·ɾn noun
- p·ɾ adjective
- ܱt·ɾ 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
It's also because the pace and scale of US trade changes are causing wider instability.
BBC News, which is editorially independent from the wider organisation, started investigating Wallace last summer, after becoming aware of allegations.
Surveys of butterflies are important for conservation because they are known as indicator species, meaning rises and falls in their populations can predict the health of the wider ecosystem.
In addition to that, the gap between the results achieved by Scotland's richest and poorest school pupils is as wide as it was a decade ago when the government named it as a priority.
Top executives at well-known US firms are warning about the impact that tariffs are having on their companies and the wider economy.
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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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