wide
adjective
having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad.
wider
-
comparativeof wide.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The youth protests have struck a nerve with the wider public, at a time when Europe is gearing up for a wave of key elections in Spain, France, Italy and Greece over the coming year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
If the truce brought a rare moment of relief to Oleshky, it has done little to alter the wider trajectory of a war that grinds on for now.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
While rising yields, wider credit spreads and a firmer dollar have tightened broader financial conditions, they have yet to derail the expansion.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
An ape capable of eating a wider range of foods would have been better equipped to cope with those fluctuations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
At last it came free; with the point, she set to work gouging the hole wider.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
