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wide
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Adjective
  • not on target
    • the kick was wide
    • the arrow was wide of the mark
    • a claim that was wide of the truth
  • having ample fabric
    • the current taste for wide trousers
    • a full skirt
  • great in degree
    • won by a wide margin
  • very large in expanse or scope
    • a broad lawn
    • the wide plains
    • a spacious view
    • spacious skies
  • (used of eyes) fully open or extended
    • stared with wide eyes
  • broad in scope or content
    • across-the-board pay increases
    • an all-embracing definition
    • blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
    • an invention with broad applications
    • a panoptic study of Soviet nationality- T.G.Winner
    • granted him wide powers
  • having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
    • wide roads
    • a wide necktie
    • wide margins
    • three feet wide
    • a river two miles broad
    • broad shoulders
    • a broad river
Adverb
  • to or over a great extent or range; far
    • wandered wide through many lands
    • he traveled widely
  • far from the intended target
    • the arrow went wide of the mark
    • a bullet went astray and killed a bystander
  • to the fullest extent possible
    • open your eyes wide
    • with the throttle wide open
  • with or by a broad space
    • stand with legs wide apart
    • ran wide around left end
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