Wide Definition

wīd

wider, widest

adjective

wider, widest

Of a specified extent from side to side.

Three miles wide.

Webster's New World

Extending over a large area; esp., extending over a larger area from side to side than is usual or normal.

A wide bed.

Webster's New World

Of great extent, range, or inclusiveness.

A wide variety, wide reading.

Webster's New World

Roomy; ample; loose; full.

Wide pants.

Webster's New World

Open or extended to full width.

Eyes wide with fear.

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adverb

Over a great distance; extensively.

Traveled far and wide.

American Heritage

Over a relatively large area; widely.

To travel far and wide.

Webster's New World

To a large or full extent; fully.

With the door wide open.

Webster's New World

So as to miss the point, issue, etc. aimed at; astray.

Shots that went wide.

Webster's New World

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.

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astray
widely

noun

A wide area.

Webster's New World

A ball bowled out of the batsman's reach, counted as a run for the batting team.

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suffix

Extending or effective throughout a specified area or region.

Statewide.

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affix

Existing or extending throughout (a specified area)

Statewide.

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Other Word Forms of Wide

Noun

Singular:

wide

Plural:

wides

Adjective

Base Form:

wide

Comparative:

wider

Superlative:

widest

Origin of Wide

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.

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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