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English to English adjective
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having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other |  | Example: wide roads
a wide necktie
wide margins
three feet wide
a river two miles broad
broad shoulders
a broad river
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great in degree | | Example: won by a wide margin
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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. | | source: webster1913
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Having or showing a wide difference between the highest and lowest price, amount of supply, etc.; as, a wide opening; wide prices, where the prices bid and asked differ by several points. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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broad in scope or content | | Example: across-the-board pay increases
an all-embracing definition
blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
an invention with broad applications
a panoptic study of Soviet nationality
granted him wide powers
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(used of eyes) fully open or extended | | Example: stared with wide eyes
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very large in expanse or scope | | Example: a broad lawn
the wide plains
a spacious view
spacious skies
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having ample fabric | | Example: the current taste for wide trousers
a full skirt
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not on target | | Example: the kick was wide
the arrow was wide of the mark
a claim that was wide of the truth
source: wordnet30 adverb
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with or by a broad space | | Example: stand with legs wide apart
ran wide around left end
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to the fullest extent possible | | Example: open your eyes wide
with the throttle wide open
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far from the intended target | | Example: the arrow went wide of the mark
a bullet went astray and killed a bystander
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to or over a great extent or range; far | | Example: wandered wide through many lands
he traveled widely
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To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide. | | source: webster1913 noun
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That which is wide; wide space; width; extent. | | source: webster1913
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