English
Etymology
OE. wid|wīd, from Ger. *wīdas. Cognate with Dutch wijd, German weit, Swedish vid.
Pronunciation
IPA|/waɪd/
audio|en-us-wide.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|aɪd
Adjective
en-adj|wid|er
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
#:We walked down a wide corridor.
- Large in scope.
#:The inquiry had a wide remit.
- sports Operating at the side of the playing area.
#:That team needs a decent wide player.
Antonyms
narrow (regarding empty area)
thin (regarding occupied area)
skinny (sometimes offensive, regarding body width)
Related terms
top2
widely
widen
wideness
widescale
width
wide awake
wide of the mark
mid2
wide open
wide receiver
wide shot
wide-angle
wide-eyed
widescreen
worldwide
bottom2
Translations
Albanian: gjerë
Arabic: ARchar|�اسع (w�si�)
Catalan: ample
Chinese: 宽 (ku�i), 宽广� (gu�nggu�ng de), 宽�� (ku�nkuò de)
Croatian: Å¡irok
Danish: bred
Dutch: wijd
Esperanto: lar�a
Estonian: lai
French: large
Finnish: leveä, laaja
German: breit, weit (poetic)
Hebrew: ר�� (rakhav)
Hungarian: széles
Icelandic: breiður, vÃður
Italian: largo
Japanese: �� (���, hiroi)
mid
Korean: �� (neolbeun), �� (neoldda)
Kurdish: pan, pehn, fire, berfire, KUchar|پا�
Lithuanian: platus m, plati f, platu n
Norwegian: vid, bred
Old English: wid#Old English|wīd, sid#Old English|sīd
Pitjantjatjara: lipi
Portuguese: largo
Romanian: larg, lat
Russian: �и�окий (širókij)
Slovak: široký m, široká f, široké n
Spanish: ancho
Swedish: vid
Telugu: వ�డల�ప�న (veDalpaina)
Welsh: llydan
Noun
en-noun
- cricket A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score
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Old English
Etymology
From wid|wīd.
Pronunciation
IPA|/wi:d/
Adverb
unicode|wīde
- widely
Category:Old English adverbs
ar:wide
es:wide
fr:wide
hy:wide
io:wide
it:wide
kk:wide
ku:wide
hu:wide
ja:wide
pl:wide
ro:wide
simple:wide
fi:wide
sv:wide
ta:wide
te:wide
vi:wide
tr:wide
uk:wide
zh:wide
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