Wide definition
That team needs a decent wide player.
An example of wide used as an adverb is in the phrase "to read wide," which means to read a large range of books.
An example of something wide is a larger than average sized foot.
A wide road; a wide necktie.
A shot that was wide of the target.
Ran wide to catch a pass.
A wide bed.
Three miles wide.
A wide variety, wide reading.
Wide pants.
Eyes wide with fear.
Wide of the target.
To travel far and wide.
With the door wide open.
Shots that went wide.
Statewide.
We walked down a wide corridor.
The inquiry had a wide remit.
An example of a wide is a way of scoring a run for the batting team.
A remark that was wide of the truth.
Statewide.
Traveled far and wide.
Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it's wide.
It is far wide that the people have such judgments.
How wide is all this long pretence!
A wide selection; granting wide powers; wide variations.
A ribbon two inches wide.
Look with wide eyes.
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Origin of wide
- 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
- 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