Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad;
Adjective S.
not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth"
Adjective S.
having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"
Adjective S.
broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide
Adjective S.
great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection"
Adjective S.
very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
Adjective S.
(used of eyes) fully open or extended; "listened in round-eyed wonder"; "stared with wide eyes"
Adjective
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
Adjective
great in degree; "won by a wide margin"
Adverb
to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely"
Adverb
with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end"
Adverb
far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
Adverb
to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open"
superl.
Having considerable distance or extent between the
sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to
that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide
highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.
superl.
Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious;
broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide
difference.
superl.
Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide
views; a wide understanding.
superl.
Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a
direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet
wide.
superl.
Remote; distant; far.
superl.
Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the
like.
superl.
On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise
from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
superl.
Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and
relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used
by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as
explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the
pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action
of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd),
etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15.
adv.
To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent;
as, his fame was spread wide.
adv.
So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so
as to form a large opening.
adv.
So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an
object or purpose; aside; astray.
n.
That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.
n.
That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.
Wide
The chambers and the stables weren wyde.
Wide is the gate . . . that leadeth to destruction.2.
For sceptered cynics earth were far too wide a den.
When the wide bloom, on earth that lies, Seems of a brighter world than ours.3.
Men of strongest head and widest culture.4.
The contrary being so wide from the truth of Scripture and the attributes of God.6.
It is far wide that the people have such judgments.
How wide is all this long pretense !7.
Surely he shoots wide on the bow hand.
I was but two bows wide.8.
Wide
[I] went wyde in this world, wonders to hear.2.
Wide
Wide-awake
Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad;
To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent;
That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.
Usage Examples
I think people are used to seeing actors be wide open and desperately giving of themselves, and while I do that on a movie set as much as I can, it's so unnatural for me to do it on television, in interviews, in anything like that. I also don't find that my process as an actor is really anyone else's business.
For wide swaths of training and education there are valuable spillovers which mean that the private sector needs support from the government. That is why I have been so determined to protect and grow apprenticeships and put higher education on a sustainable footing.
Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives.
Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.
I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience. I'm not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts. And I'm certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions.
Gluttony might be innocuous were it not for the fact that gluttons tend to disregard whether their self-serving behaviors harm anyone else. We don't need to look far and wide to find examples of gluttonous behavior, as they are numerous throughout the history of capitalism.
I began even as a boy to realize how wide the world can be for a man of free intelligence.
Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law.
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
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Other Usage ExamplesBy going to the movies, and because of other things, too, going to college, making a wide variety of friends, moving around traveling, I became a lot more open-minded than the heritage I was born into might have suggested.
I have a very deep and wide relationship with my fans.
I want to establish a wide range and play all kinds of parts. It's that sort of acting career I really respect. I like to turn a sharp left from whatever I've done before because that keeps me awake. That's why I want to be an actor - I don't want to play endless variations on one character.
'Eyes Wide Open' took shape from two real life events straight from my own past. One was the sad suicide of my young nephew, a troubled kid, who was found at the bottom of a landmark cliff in central California. The second was a chance encounter forty years ago with none other than, ahem, Charles Manson!
Fantasy is totally wide open all you really have to do is follow the rules you've set. But if you're writing about science, you have to first learn what you're writing about.
I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining.
Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.
Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.
As the President has indicated, my life has been a life of travel - for 60 years constantly moving over the wide world on journeys which first and last have taken me to 83 countries, and, what is more significant, to most of them again and again.
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