EGAVE

wide

About 76.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Having a large physical extent from side to side.
    We walked down a wide corridor.
  2. adjective Large in scope.
    The inquiry had a wide remit.
  3. adjective Overweight, obese.
  4. adjective Operating at the side of the playing area.
    That team needs a decent wide player.
  5. adjective On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
    Two balls before lunch, he bowled a wide.
  6. adjective Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
  7. adjective Vast, great in extent, extensive.
    The wide, lifeless expanse.
  8. adjective Located some distance away; distant, far. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Similar words

broad extensive widely extended spacious comprehensive across-the-board all-embracing stretching full

Often followed by

range variety and open web as enough world area

Word family

wideness widenesses wider widest

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