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wide
Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
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adjective
Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
“Wide roads”
adjective
Broad in scope or content;- T.G.Winner
“Across-the-board pay increases”
adjective
(used of eyes) fully open or extended
“Stared with wide eyes”
adjective
Very large in expanse or scope
“A broad lawn”
adjective
Great in degree
“Won by a wide margin”
adjective
Having ample fabric
“The current taste for wide trousers”
adjective
Not on target
“The kick was wide”
adverb
With or by a broad space
“Stand with legs wide apart”
adverb
To the fullest extent possible
“Open your eyes wide”
adverb
Far from the intended target
“The arrow went wide of the mark”
adverb
To or over a great extent or range; far
“Wandered wide through many lands”
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Wide roads
A wide necktie
Wide margins
Three feet wide
A river two miles broad
Broad shoulders
A broad river
Across-the-board pay increases
An all-embracing definition
Blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
An invention with broad applications
A panoptic study of Soviet nationality
Granted him wide powers
Stared with wide eyes
A broad lawn
The wide plains
A spacious view
Spacious skies
Won by a wide margin
The current taste for wide trousers
A full skirt
The kick was wide
The arrow was wide of the mark
A claim that was wide of the truth
Stand with legs wide apart
Ran wide around left end
Open your eyes wide
With the throttle wide open
The arrow went wide of the mark
A bullet went astray and killed a bystander
Wandered wide through many lands
He traveled widely
Her work is widely known
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