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Wide
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1. broad, wide
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
Example Sentences:'wide roads''a wide necktie''wide margins''three feet wide''a river two miles broad''broad shoulders''a broad river'
2. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide
broad in scope or content
Example Sentences:'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'
very large in expanse or scope
Example Sentences:'a broad lawn''the wide plains''a spacious view''spacious skies'
5. wide
great in degree
Example Sentences:'won by a wide margin'
having ample fabric
Example Sentences:'the current taste for wide trousers''a full skirt'
7. wide, wide of the mark
not on target
Example Sentences:'the kick was wide''the arrow was wide of the mark''a claim that was wide of the truth'
Adverb
8. wide
with or by a broad space
Example Sentences:'stand with legs wide apart''ran wide around left end'
9. wide
to the fullest extent possible
Example Sentences:'open your eyes wide''with the throttle wide open'
10. astray, wide
far from the intended target
Example Sentences:'the arrow went wide of the mark''a bullet went astray and killed a bystander'
11. wide, widely
to or over a great extent or range; far
Example Sentences:'wandered wide through many lands''he traveled widely'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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