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Meaning of wide in English

wide
adjective
uk/waɪd/ us/waɪd/

wide adjective (DISTANCE)

A2
having a larger distance from one side to the other than is usual or expected, especially in comparison with the length of something; not narrow:
wide with His eyes were wide (= opened much more than usual) with surprise.
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B1
used when describing how long the distance between the two sides of something is or when asking for this information:
The rectangle is 5 cm long and 1.9 cm wide.
The swimming pool is five metres wide.
How wide are your skis?

wide adjective (AMOUNT)

B1
used to describe something that includes a large amount or many different types of thing, or that covers a large range or area:
wide range They sell a wide range of skin-care products.
She has a wide experience of teaching, in many different schools.
The idea no longer enjoys wide support (= the support of many people).
wide
adverb
uk/waɪd/ us/waɪd/

wide adverb (DISTANCE)

B2
farther than usual, or as far as possible:
open wide "Open wide," said the dentist.
wide apart They moved the fence posts wider apart.

wide adverb (AMOUNT)

C2
wide open She left the door wide open.
wide awake It was 3 a.m. and we were still wide awake.
wide
noun [ C ]
sports specialized uk/waɪd/ us/waɪd/
in cricket, an occasion where the bowler throws the ball too wide of the batter (= the player who tries to hit the ball) and the batting team gets an extra point:
The captain was unhappy with the number of wides and no balls bowled by his team.
The umpire called the delivery a wide.
(Definition of wide from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

wide | American Dictionary

wide
us/wɑɪd/

wide adjective [-er/-est only] (FAR FROM SIDE TO SIDE)

far from one side to the other, esp. in comparison with length from top to bottom, or being a particular distance across:
a wide window
a wide yard
The bay is 15 miles wide here.
Wide open spaces are land with no buildings on it.

wide adjective [-er/-est only] (MANY OR MUCH)

covering a large area, or including many types of things:
They sell a wide range of skin-care products.
The candidate has wide support (= the support of many people).
wide
us/wɑɪd/

wide adverb [-er/-est only] (COMPLETELY)

I was wide awake.
The dentist said, "Open wide."
(Definition of wide from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of wide

wide
A wider application of this line of research can provide insights into how representation varies across political systems, however.
What about the economic base for choosing support from wider family?
As the filters become more low pass, lateral inhibition becomes wider.
A wider public interest was now brought to bear upon what had essentially been the responsibility of private relations between employers and their employees.
Other independent studies have found similar results, though looking at wider indicators of campaign intensity than just campaign spending.
The physical size of the sucker results in a broadening of the worm at this point and is generally the widest aspect of the worm.
Judging the wider reception of such works, as well as those of more commercially orientated titles is very difficult.
Against this background, the research focus was broadened to include wider political processes.
Likewise, discourse diversity enables speakers to have a wider and more detailed range of possible meanings and functions at their disposal.
We found that the ascending aorta is wider than the thoracic aorta in both normal hearts and hearts with a perimembranous ventricular septal defect.
Generalization to other patient groups should be studied, especially in a more diverse patient population with a wider distribution of expected utilities.
If we allow for other sources than current profits from other services of the firm, the framework will have a wider application.
In these decades nonconformists were learning to speak not only to their own constituency but also to a wider public.
Obviously, a patrimonial king or emperor enjoys much wider decisionlatitude than a king presiding over his vassals.
In other words, intellectuals began to focus more narrowly on problems related to their subject of study and less on wider political issues.
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Translations of wide

in Chinese (Traditional)
距離, 寬的, 寬闊的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
距离, 宽的, 宽阔的…
in Spanish
ancho, cinco millas, tres pulgadas…
in Portuguese
largo, ... de largura, amplo…
रूंद - एका बाजूपासून दुसऱ्या बाजूपर्यंतचे अपेक्षेपेक्षा जास्त अंतर, विशेषतः कशाच्यातरी लांबीच्या तुलनेत अरूंद नसलेले., रूंद - एका बाजूपासून दुसऱ्या बाजूपर्यंतचे अंतर वर्णन करण्यासाठी किंवा विचारले तर सांगण्यासाठी…
広い, 広（ひろ）い, 幅（はば）…
geniş, açık, iyice açılmış…
large, grand/grande, de large…
ample…
breed, wijd, ruim…
வழக்கமான அல்லது எதிர்பார்த்ததை விட ஒரு பக்கத்திலிருந்து மறுபுறம் அதிக தூரம் இருப்பது, குறிப்பாக ஏதாவது நீளத்துடன் ஒப்பிடுகையில், குறுகலாக இல்லை…
चौड़ा, (विभिन्न प्रकार की चीज़ों का) विस्तृत, व्यापक…
પહોળું, પહોળો, પહોળાઈ…
bred, stor, vidt åben…
bred, vid, stor…
terbeliak, lebar, luas…
breit, weit, groß…
bred, vid, stor…
چوڑا, بڑا, چوڑا(دو اضلاع کے بیچ کی دوری بتانے کے لئے)…
широкий, завширшки, великий…
వెడల్పైన, ఒక వైపు నుంచి మరో వైపు వరకు సాధారణం కన్నా లేక ఆశించిన దానికన్నా ఎక్కువ దూరము కలిగినది, ముఖ్యంగా వేరే దాని పొడవుతో పోల్చినప్పుడు…
প্রশস্ত / চওড়া, প্রশস্ত…
široký, velký, široce…
lebar, lebarnya, besar…
กว้าง, ที่กว้างมาก, โดยกว้าง…
rộng, có chiều rộng, nhiều…
szeroki, szeroko otwarty, niecelny…
넓은…
largo, spalancato, grande…
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