wide

See also: -wide

English

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁
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From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#WIDECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#WIDE wid, wyd, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#WIDECategory:English terms derived from Old English#WIDE wīd (wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WIDECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WIDE *wīdaz, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#WIDE *h₁weydʰh₁- (to separate, divide), a dissimilated univerbation from *dwi- (apart, asunder, in two) + *dʰeh₁- (to do, put, place).

Cognate with Scots wyd, wid (of great extent; vast), West Frisian wiid (broad; wide), Dutch wijd (wide; large; broad), German weit (far; wide; broad), Danish vid (wide), Swedish vid (wide), Icelandic víður (wide), Latin dīvidō (separate, sunder), Latin vītō (avoid, shun). Related to widow.

Pronunciation

Adjective

wide (comparative wider or more wide, superlative widest or most wide)Category:English lemmas#WIDECategory:English adjectives#WIDECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WIDECategory:Pages with entries#WIDECategory:Pages with 2 entries#WIDE

  1. Having a large physical extent from side to side.
    We walked down a wide corridor.
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    • 1993, Jacqueline Mitton, The Penguin Dictionary of Astronomy, 2nd edition (paperback), Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 127:
      Over a wider region either side of the path of totality, a partial eclipse is seen.
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    • 2019 October 23, Jennifer Ageista, “CNN Poll: Biden's lead in Democratic primary hits widest margin since April”, in CNN:
      Former Vice President Joe Biden's lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president has rebounded, and now stands at its widest margin since April, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
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  2. Large in scope.
    The inquiry had a wide remit.
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  3. (slangCategory:English slang#WIDE, derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#WIDE, humorousCategory:English humorous terms#WIDE) Overweight, obese.
  4. (sportsCategory:en:Sports#WIDE) Operating at the side of the playing area.
    That team needs a decent wide player.
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  5. On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
    Two balls before lunch, he bowled a wide.
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    Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it's wide.
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  6. (phoneticsCategory:en:Phonetics#WIDE, datedCategory:English dated terms#WIDE) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
  7. (ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#WIDE, Northern EnglandCategory:Northern England English#WIDE, now rare) Vast, great in extent, extensive.
    The wide, lifeless expanse.
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  8. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#WIDE) Located some distance away; distant, far. [15th–19th c.]
  9. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#WIDE) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
  10. (computingCategory:en:Computing#WIDE) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
    a wide character; a wide stream
  11. (BritishCategory:British English#WIDE, slangCategory:English slang#WIDE, only in "wide boy") Sharp-witted.
    • 1951, Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time, page 31:
      But the first visitor to penetrate from the outside world proved to be Sergeant Williams; large and pink and scrubbed-looking; and for a little while Grant forgot about battles long ago and considered wide boys alive today.
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Antonyms

  • narrow (regarding empty area)
  • thin (regarding occupied area)
  • skinny (sometimes offensive, regarding body width)

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Translations

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References

Adverb

wide (comparative wider, superlative widest)Category:English lemmas#WIDECategory:English adverbs#WIDECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WIDECategory:Pages with entries#WIDECategory:Pages with 2 entries#WIDE

  1. extensively
    He travelled far and wide.
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  2. completely
    He was wide awake.
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  3. away from or to one side of a given goal
    The arrow fell wide of the mark.
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    A few shots were fired but they all went wide.
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  4. So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

wide (plural wides)Category:English lemmas#WIDECategory:English nouns#WIDECategory:English countable nouns#WIDECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WIDECategory:Pages with entries#WIDECategory:Pages with 2 entries#WIDE

  1. (cricketCategory:en:Cricket#WIDE) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score

Anagrams

Category:en:Size#WIDE

Old English

Etymology

wīd + -eCategory:Old English terms suffixed with -e#WIDE

Pronunciation

Adverb

wīdeCategory:Old English lemmas#WIDECategory:Old English adverbs#WIDECategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#WIDECategory:Pages with entries#WIDECategory:Pages with 2 entries#WIDE

  1. widely, afar, far and wide
    wīdfērendecoming from afarCategory:Old English terms with usage examples#WIDE
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