Wide Definition

wīd
wider, widest
adjective
wider, widest
Of a specified extent from side to side.
Three miles wide.
Webster's New World
Extending over a large area; esp., extending over a larger area from side to side than is usual or normal.
A wide bed.
Webster's New World
Of great extent, range, or inclusiveness.
A wide variety, wide reading.
Webster's New World
Roomy; ample; loose; full.
Wide pants.
Webster's New World
Open or extended to full width.
Eyes wide with fear.
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adverb
Over a great distance; extensively.
Traveled far and wide.
American Heritage
Over a relatively large area; widely.
To travel far and wide.
Webster's New World
To a large or full extent; fully.
With the door wide open.
Webster's New World
So as to miss the point, issue, etc. aimed at; astray.
Shots that went wide.
Webster's New World
To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.
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Synonyms:
noun
A wide area.
Webster's New World
A ball bowled out of the batsman's reach, counted as a run for the batting team.
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suffix
Extending or effective throughout a specified area or region.
Statewide.
American Heritage
affix
Existing or extending throughout (a specified area)
Statewide.
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Other Word Forms of Wide

Noun

Singular:
wide
Plural:
wides

Adjective

Base Form:
wide
Comparative:
wider
Superlative:
widest

Origin of Wide

  • From Middle English wid, wyd, from Old English wÄ«d (“wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far"), from Proto-Germanic *wÄ«daz, from Proto-Indo-European *wÄ«- (“apart, asunder, in two"), from Proto-Indo-European *weye- (“to drive, separate"). Cognate with Scots wyd, wid (“of great extent; vast"), West Frisian wiid (“broad; wide"), Dutch wijd (“wide; large; broad"), German weit (“far; wide; broad"), Swedish vid (“wide"), Icelandic víður (“wide"), Latin dÄ«vidō (“separate, sunder"), Latin vÄ«tō (“avoid, shun"). Related to widow.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English wīd wi- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From wide

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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