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wide
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- pronunciation:
- waId
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Explorer
part of speech: |
adjective |
inflections: |
wider, widest |
definition 1: |
When something is wide, it reaches across an area that is large from side to side. An airplane is long but not usually very wide. If a river is wide, it takes a long bridge to reach across it.
All the oceans in the world are wide, but the Pacific Ocean is the widest.A whale has a wide mouth so that it can catch all the tiny animals that it eats.- synonyms:
- broad, vast
- antonyms:
- narrow, slender
- similar words:
- big, large, massive, widespread
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definition 2: |
When something is four feet wide, it means that it measures four feet from side to side.
We visited a canyon last summer that was one mile wide.- antonyms:
- long, tall
- similar words:
- thick
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definition 3: |
When you have a wide knowledge of something, you have a great range of knowledge of it. You know many different things about it.
Our doctor has a wide knowledge of medicine.After years of studying in China, Ms. Kline has a wide understanding of that country.- similar words:
- broad, great, widespread
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related words: |
clear, deep, open, vast |
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part of speech: |
adverb |
definition: |
If a window is wide open, it is completely open.
The dentist always tells me to open my mouth wide. Sometimes my mouth gets tired!- synonyms:
- fully, totally
- similar words:
- entirely
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derivation: |
wideness (n.) |
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