wide
adverb/waɪd/
/waɪd/
(wider, widest)
Word Family
Idioms - wide adjective adverb noun
- widely adverb
- widen verb
- width noun
- as far or fully as possible
- The door was wide open.
- The championship is still wide open (= anyone could win).
- She had a fear of wide-open spaces.
- He stood with his legs wide apart.
- In a few seconds she was wide awake.
- Open your mouth wide.
Extra Examples- He stood up and flung wide the door to the study.
- Open your mouth really wide.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWide is used with these adjectives:- awake
- open
- fire
- open
- …
Word OriginOld English wīd ‘spacious, extensive’, wīde ‘over a large area’, of Germanic origin.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See wide in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarycast your net wide
- to consider a lot of different people, activities, possibilities, etc. when you are looking for something
- It’s worth casting your net wide when applying for your first job.
far and wide
- over a large area
- They searched far and wide for the missing child.
- People came from far and wide for the show.
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