Wide
[waɪd]
Definition
(adj.) not on target; 'the kick was wide'; 'the arrow was wide of the mark'; 'a claim that was wide of the truth' .
(adj.) having ample fabric; 'the current taste for wide trousers'; 'a full skirt' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) great in degree; 'won by a wide margin' .
(adv.) to or over a great extent or range; far; 'wandered wide through many lands'; 'he traveled widely'.
(adv.) with or by a broad space; 'stand with legs wide apart'; 'ran wide around left end'.
(adv.) far from the intended target; 'the arrow went wide of the mark'; 'a bullet went astray and killed a bystander'.
(adv.) to the fullest extent possible; 'open your eyes wide'; 'with the throttle wide open'.
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Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Broad.[2]. Spacious, vast, large, ample, extensive, expanded.[3]. Remote, distant.
Editor: Lucia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Broad, ample, expanded, large, extensive, spacious, distant, remote,[SeeVICE]
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Definition
adj. extended far: having a considerable distance between: broad: distant: bulging expanded: deviating errant wild.—n. wideness: in cricket a ball that goes wide of the wicket counting one to the batting side.—advs. Wīde Wīde′ly.—adj. Wīde′-awake′ fully awake: on the alert: ready.—n. a kind of soft felt hat.—n. Wīde′awakeness.—adj. Wīde′-chapped wide-mouthed.—v.t. and v.i Wī′den to make or grow wide or wider: (Shak.) to throw open.—ns. Wīde′ner one who or that which widens: a kind of tool; Wīde′ness width.—adjs. Wīde′-spread diffused; Wīde′-stretched (Shak.) large; Wīde′-wa′tered bordered or covered by wide waters.—n. Width wideness breadth.
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Examples
- You're wide awake, I see. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I did not parade with either party, but occasionally met with the wide awakes --Republicans--in their rooms, and superintended their drill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I knew it was three hundred and sixty-four feet wide, and consequently wider than the capitol. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- On going to bed an hour afterwards, I found her still wide awake. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The strait is only thirteen miles wide in its narrowest part. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The man to whom Pilar spoke was short and heavy, brownfaced, with broad cheekbones; gray haired, with wide-set yellowbrown eyes, a thin-bridged, hooked nose like an Indian's, a long Upper lip and a wide, thin mouth. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Georgiana almost started, and she opened her blue eyes wild and wide. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I knew it was three hundred and sixty-four feet wide, and consequently wider than the capitol. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Ancient remains point to a much wider distribution of the Basque speech and people over Spain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gentlemen all, observe the dark stain upon this gentleman's hat, no wider than a shilling, but thicker than a half-crown. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- One of the fundamental problems of education in and for a democratic society is set by the conflict of a nationalistic and a wider social aim. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Meanwhile the great world outside went on to wider visions and new powers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This gives a much increased field, and also an increased stereoscopic effect, or conception of relative distance, by having the object glasses wider apart than the eyes of the observer. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- From this sheet is cut a blank, which bears little resemblance to a spoon, being about half the length of the finished article and very much wider. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The things which are socially most fundamental, that is, which have to do with the experiences in which the widest groups share, are the essentials. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- And which of the three has the truest knowledge and the widest experience? Plato. The Republic.
- Mr. Curtiss is one of the most daring aviators in the world, and his flight down the Hudson River attracted the widest attention. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- On the leveling strips at the extreme side of where the bed is to lie, a 3 x 1-inch maple strip is laid, widest side downward, with its finished one-inch edge nearest to the gutter. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They have the widest backs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- AS matter of fact, any subject is cultural in the degree in which it is apprehended in its widest possible range of meanings. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The messages of the voice are carried on the wings of electricity wherever any messages are carried, except under the widest seas, and this difficulty inventors are now seeking to overcome. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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