[ US /ˈwaɪd/ ]
[ UK /wˈa‍ɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. great in degree
    won by a wide margin
  2. (used of eyes) fully open or extended
    stared with wide eyes
  3. having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
    a river two miles broad
    three feet wide
    a broad river
    broad shoulders
    a wide necktie
    wide margins
    wide roads
  4. broad in scope or content
    an invention with broad applications
    granted him wide powers
    an all-embracing definition
    a panoptic study of Soviet nationality
    blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
    across-the-board pay increases
  5. not on target
    the arrow was wide of the mark
    a claim that was wide of the truth
    the kick was wide
  6. having ample fabric
    the current taste for wide trousers
    a full skirt
  7. very large in expanse or scope
    a spacious view
    spacious skies
    a broad lawn
    the wide plains
ADVERB
  1. to or over a great extent or range; far
    he traveled widely
    wandered wide through many lands
  2. far from the intended target
    a bullet went astray and killed a bystander
    the arrow went wide of the mark
  3. with or by a broad space
    stand with legs wide apart
    ran wide around left end
  4. to the fullest extent possible
    with the throttle wide open
    open your eyes wide
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How To Use wide In A Sentence

  • In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally. Times, Sunday Times
  • The scale of the economic gulf between the two parties came as two polls yesterday showed that the election remained wide open. Times, Sunday Times
  • So spake he, and Athene was mightily angered at heart, and chid Odysseus in wrathful words: ‘Odysseus, thou hast no more steadfast might nor any prowess, as when for nine whole years continually thou didst battle with the Trojans for high born Helen, of the white arms, and many men thou slewest in terrible warfare, and by thy device the wide-wayed city of Priam was taken. Book XXII
  • For centuries, scholars have squabbled over the design of the ship, which was crucial to defeating the Persians in the Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C., part of a wider war that included the fight at Thermopylae dramatized in the film "300. Epic Struggle: Fans Fight to Revive an Oar-Powered Greek Warship
  • Documents with extra-wide margins are now displayed in a browser with a horizontal scroll bar.
  • I ` d like to see it minus bodywork to see if it ` s got smaller wheels than the big old hoops normal for the period, cos i reckon even tho the bodywork is quite wide, full lock would find large dia. wheels causing a few problems. 1930 Art Deco Henderson
  • The result of such rack-rent can only be evil, —abuse and neglect of the soil, deterioration in the character of the laborers, and a widespread sense of injustice. VIII. Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece.
  • If this approach has a drawback, it is that the zealous pursuit of the founding principle—disinterring the buried life, stamped under the sod by conniving male partners—sometimes obscures the fact that not a great deal gets added to the wider cultural landscape it is bent on illuminating. A Far From Model Marriage
  • Thus, developing a vaccine directed against one or a few capsular polysaccharides may not be widely effective.
  • First to unfold were the two 14-foot-wide drogue chutes, which oriented the craft and continued slowing it.
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