Having a specified extent from side to side: a ribbon two inches wide. b. Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad: a wide road; a wide necktie. 2. Having great extent or range; including much or many: a wide selection; granting wide powers; wide variations. 3. Fully open or extended: look with wide eyes. 4. a.
WIDE definition: having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad. See examples of wide used in a sentence.
Wide and broad may be synonymous, but broad is generally the larger and more emphatic: a wide river is not thought of as so far across as a broad river. Wide is sometimes more applicable to that which is to be passed through: as, a wide mouth or aperture.
The word wide describes something that stretches across a great distance, like a smile that beams from ear to ear, or the open arms of a friend about to give you a big hug.
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The meaning of WIDE is having great extent : vast. How to use wide in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Wide.
WIDE definition: 1. having a larger distance from one side to the other than is usual or expected, especially in…. Learn more.
-wide is used to form adjectives with the meaning "extending or applying throughout a certain, given space,'' as mentioned by the noun: community + -wide → communitywide (= applying to or throughout the community); countrywide; worldwide.