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wide

 
 
pronunciation:
waId
parts of speech:
adjective, adverb
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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
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
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
 
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
derivation: wideness (n.)
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  • widely:
    over a large distance or among many people.
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