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See more synonyms for wide on Thesaurus.com adjective, wid·er, wid·est. having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad: a wide boulevard. 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. 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(def 7) . British Slang shrewd; wary. Show More
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. Show More
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. Show More
Origin of wide before 900; Middle English; Old English wīd; cognate with Dutch wijd, German weit, Old Norse vīthr
Related forms 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 Synonyms for wide See more synonyms for 1 . 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. 3 . boundless; comprehensive; ample.
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Related Words for wider full ,
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baggy Examples from the Web for wider Contemporary Examples of wider This mindset was reflected to the wider society through popular literature.
In wearing it, Hurley helped originate a wider revolution, too.
He added that The Post, a national brand which had long been “a local product,” will now focus on reaching a wider audience.
Girma realized that law was her best tool to get equal footing for herself and the wider population of impaired Americans.
SARS, on the other hand, had a wider global reach than Ebola.
Historical Examples of wider The path was wider and more worn now--almost a thoroughfare, in fact.
In 1825, he sought a wider field of action and removed to Boston.
And every new embodiment of a known truth must be a new and wider revelation.
And every day thereafter found him out and ranging a wider area.
The range of our talk was tremendous, and the wider we ranged the closer we drew.
British Dictionary definitions for wider 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 phonetics another word for lax (def. 4) , open (def. 34) Show More
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 Show More
(in cricket) a bowled ball that is outside the batsman's reach and scores a run for the batting side archaic , or poetic a wide space or extent to the wide completely Show More
Derived Forms widely , adverb wideness , noun widish , adjective Word Origin for wide Old English wīd; related to Old Norse vīthr, Old High German wīt
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Word Origin and History for wider adj. Old English wid , from Proto-Germanic *widas (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian wid , Old Norse viðr , Dutch wijd , Old High German wit , German weit ), perhaps from PIE *wi-ito- , from root *wi- "apart, away." Wide open "unguarded, exposed to attack" (1915) originally was in boxing, etc. Wide awake (adj.) is first recorded 1818; figurative sense of "alert, knowing" is attested from 1833.
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Idioms and Phrases with wider In addition to the idioms beginning with wide
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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 Show More
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