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   wide

   /wīd/

   adjective

   • 1. of great or more than average width: "a wide road" Similar broadextensivespaciousopenvastspread outoutspreadbaggyloosecapaciousroomyamplefullgenerousgenerously cutcommodiousvoluminousoversizeslacksloppyshapelesssacklikeill-fittingballooningbillowingfloppyOpposite narrowtight
   • ▪ (after a measurement and in questions) from side to side: "it measures 15 cm long by 12 cm wide"
   • ▪ open to the full extent: "wide eyes" Similar fully opengapingagapewide openyawningOpposite closed
   • ▪ considerable: "tax revenues have undershot Treasury projections by a wide margin"
   • 2. including a great variety of people or things: "a wide range of opinion" Similar comprehensiveamplebroadextensivelargelarge-scalevastimmensefar-rangingwide-rangingexpansivesweepingencyclopedicexhaustivegeneralall-inclusiveall-embracinguniversalcatholiccompendiouscross-disciplinaryinterdisciplinarymultidisciplinaryOpposite restrictedlimited
   • ▪ spread among a large number of people or over a large area: "the business is slowly gaining wider acceptance"
   • ▪ extending over the whole of: "an industry-wide trend"
   • 3. at a considerable or specified distance from a point or mark: "Bodie's shot was inches wide" Similar off targetoff the markwide of the mark/targetinaccurateoff courseastraynowhere nearoutinformal:off beamOpposite on targetaccurate
   • ▪ (of a pitch) outside: "the ball was wide of the plate"
   • ▪ (of a throw) to either side of a base: "forced a wide throw to first"
   • ▪ (in field sports) at or near the side of the field: "he played in a wide left position"
   • 4. another term for lax

   adverb

   • 1. to the full extent: "his eyes opened wide" Similar fullyto the fullest/furthest extentas far/much as possibleall the waycompletelyOpposite partly
   • 2. far from a particular point or mark: "a shot that went wide to the right" Similar off targetwide of the mark/targetoff courseinaccuratelyastrayinformal:off beamOpposite accurately
   • ▪ at or near the side of the field; toward the sideline: "he will play wide on the right"

   noun

   • 1. a ball that is judged to be too wide of the stumps for the batter to play, for which an extra is awarded to the batting side.

   Word Origin Old Englishwīd ‘spacious, extensive’, wīde ‘over a large area’, of Germanic origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wideness noun
   • 2. widish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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