wide
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- adverb
- /waɪd/
- I'll be waiting for you with my arms wide open.
- open wide
- spread wide
- wide enough
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Watch on YouTubeOpen your eyes wide enough to let the entire world come in.
- Open your eyes wide enough to let the entire world come in.
- And that's when the whole thing just opened wide for me.
- You can simply see farther and wider than any other creature, like an owl.
- I rushed to the gate and flung it wide.
- So, so the potential there is that free products can go wide.
- But I've never really been in this to go viral, to go wide.
- This is my favorite things and I I'm going to range a little farther and wider than I have in years past.
- You got to open your mouth, you know, you got to go wide on that toasted bread.
Examples
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The freeways were wide open.
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Open your eyes wide enough to let the entire world come in.
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So really spread spread your net wide in terms of classes that you take.
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Your book certainly blew my own mind wide open.
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Mimes work to keep their eyes wide open for maximum expression and communication with the audience.
Academic text (2008) -
Most were on their knees still, their eyes wide, their faces rapt with wonder.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mr. Inverness sat down, his shocked mouth wide open, unable to draw in air.
Fiction book (1991) -
No escaping the noise, Adrienne gently opens the door wide enough to slip through.
Fiction book (1990) -
Joyfully, exuberantly, his soul's barriers thrown wide open, the core of his being laid bare.
Fiction book (1991) -
You should consider a wide range of options before making your decision.
Synonyms
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In many places or by many people
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4.1
In a way that covers a large area or includes many parts
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2.7
In a wide or large way, for example with a big smile
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2.6
In many places across a large area
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5.1
In an open, warm, and excited way
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.0
A camera lens that shows more of a scene, makes near objects look bigger, and stretches edges
- Specialized
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3.3
A system that links groups of computers in different cities or countries
- Specialized
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3.9
A large passenger plane with two aisles that carries many people
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wide as an adverb comes from the old German root wīd meaning 'open' or 'broad'. Think of a door pushed 'wide' open or arms stretched 'wide' — that image of being very open or far explains why wide can mean 'to a great extent'.