widdle
widdle

wide


Definition: Meaning of, wide in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / wʌɪd /

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wide wider widest
  1. distance measuring a large distance from one side to the other [=  broad]
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  2. distance measuring a particular distance from one side to the other
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  3. variety [usually before noun] including or involving a large variety of different people, things, or situations
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  4. in many places [usually before noun] happening among many people or in many places
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  5. a wide variation/difference/gap etc a large and noticeable difference
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  6. the wider context/issues/picture etc the more general features of a situation, rather than the specific details
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  7. eyes literary wide eyes are fully open, especially when someone is very surprised, excited, or frightened
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  8. give somebody/something a wide berth to avoid someone or something
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  9. not hit something not hitting something you were aiming at
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  10. the (big) wide world especially spoken places outside the small familiar place where you live
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  11. nationwide/city-wide etc affecting all the people in a nation, city etc
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wide wider widest
  1. wide open/awake/apart completely open, awake, or apart
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  2. opening or spreading as much as possible
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  3. wide open if a competition, election etc is wide open, it is possible for anyone to succeed
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  4. not hitting something you were aiming at, and missing it by a large distance
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  5. wide of the mark not correct about something, by a large amount
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  6. wide of the mark not hitting something you were aiming at, and missing it by a large distance
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wide used in phrases

  • World Wide Fund for Nature, the
    1. an international CHARITY organization, formerly called the World Wildlife Fund, which supports CONSERVATION (= protection of wild plants, animals, and natural areas of land)
  • World Wide Web (noun)
    1. the World Wide Web the WEB [=  the Internet]
  • continent-wide (adjective)
    1. involving the entire continent
  • far and wide (adverb)
    1. over great areas or distances; everywhere
  • wide area network (noun)
    1. a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
  • wide boy (noun)
    1. British English informal a man who makes money in dishonest ways and uses it to buy expensive clothes, cars etc - used to show disapproval
  • wide of the mark (adjective)
    1. not on target
  • wide receiver (noun)
    1. American football an offensive football player whose position on the line of scrimmage is farthest from the ball and whose function to principally to catch passes
    2. vulgar the person who plays the female role in a male-on-male homosexual relationship
  • wide screen (noun)
    1. a projection screen that is much wider than it is high
  • wide wale (noun)
    1. corduroy with wide ribs
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