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WIDE definition: 1. having a larger distance from one side to the other than is usual or expected, especially in…. Learn more.
The meaning of WIDE is having great extent : vast. How to use wide in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Wide.
WIDE meaning: 1. having a larger distance from one side to the other than is usual or expected, especially in…. Learn more.
Wider is used to describe something which relates to the most important or general parts of a situation, rather than to the smaller parts or to details. He emphasised the wider issue of superpower cooperation. Oakley locates housework in the wider context of economic, social and political structures.
Wide is the word most commonly used to talk about something that measures a long distance from one side to the other. Broad is more often used to talk about parts of the body. (Although wide can be used with mouth .)
having a certain or specified extent from side to side: three feet wide. of great horizontal extent; extensive; vast; spacious: the wide plains of the West. Synonyms: ample, comprehensive, boundless. of great range or scope; embracing a great number or variety of subjects, cases, etc.: wide experience.
having a distance of 5 miles /3 inches /6 metres, etc from one side to the other: The swimming pool is five metres wide. a wide range/selection/variety, etc. B1. a lot of different types of thing: The library is a good source of a wide range of information.
