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WIDE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not on target
Example:
a claim that was wide of the truth
Synonyms:
wide; wide of the mark
Classified under:
Similar:
inaccurate (not accurate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having ample fabric
Example:
a full skirt
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
ample (more than enough in size or scope or capacity)
Derivation:
wideness (unusual largeness in size or extent or number)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Broad in scope or content
Example:
granted him wide powers
Synonyms:
across-the-board; all-embracing; all-encompassing; all-inclusive; blanket; broad; encompassing; extensive; panoptic; wide
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
comprehensive (including all or everything)
Derivation:
wideness (unusual largeness in size or extent or number)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Very large in expanse or scope
Example:
spacious skies
Synonyms:
broad; spacious; wide
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Derivation:
wideness (unusual largeness in size or extent or number)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(used of eyes) fully open or extended
Example:
stared with wide eyes
Synonyms:
wide; wide-eyed
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
open; opened (used of mouth or eyes)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
Example:
a broad river
Synonyms:
broad; wide
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
beamy (broad in the beam)
bird's-eye; panoramic (as from an altitude or distance)
broad-brimmed ((of hats) having a broad brim)
deep (extending relatively far inward)
fanlike (resembling a fan)
sweeping (taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination)
wide-screen ((motion pictures) projected on a screen with much greater width than height)
Also:
comprehensive (including all or everything)
thick (not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions)
Attribute:
breadth; width (the extent of something from side to side)
Antonym:
narrow (not wide)
Derivation:
wideness (the property of being wide; having great width)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Great in degree
Example:
won by a wide margin
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
comfortable (more than adequate)
Antonym:
narrow (very limited in degree)
Derivation:
wideness (unusual largeness in size or extent or number)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To or over a great extent or range; far
Example:
he traveled widely
Synonyms:
wide; widely
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Sense 2
Meaning:
With or by a broad space
Example:
ran wide around left end
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Sense 3
Meaning:
Far from the intended target
Example:
a bullet went astray and killed a bystander
Synonyms:
astray; wide
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Adverbs
Sense 4
Meaning:
To the fullest extent possible
Example:
with the throttle wide open
Classified under:
Adverbs
Context examples:
It was lucky the Scarecrow and the Woodman were wide awake and heard the wolves coming.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
I tried it, but felt wider awake than ever.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Ampicillin is stable against hydrolysis by a variety of beta-lactamases, therefore, can be used in wide range of gram-positive and -negative infections.
(Ampicillin, NCI Thesaurus)
She had some reason to be disgusted with me now, and the gap between us began to be wider and wider.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Antiemetics act by a wide range of mechanisms.
(Antiemetic Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The Thirty Mile River was wide open.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Aurora kinases A, B and C, are serine/threonine kinases that play essential roles in mitotic checkpoint control and are overexpressed by a wide variety of tumor cell types.
(Aurora Kinase Inhibitor TTP607, NCI Thesaurus)
DCLG members will interact directly with the scientific community at NCI on a wide range of programs and issues.
(NCI Director's Consumer Liaison Group, NCI Thesaurus)
A few incidents now and then directed me, and I possessed a map of the country; but I often wandered wide from my path.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
And yet there was no want of life—the whole wide wood was full of it.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
