wide

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Having a large physical extent from side to side.
2. Large in scope.
3. Operating at the side of the playing area.
4. On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
5. Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
6. Vast, great in extent, extensive.
7. (obsolete) Located some distance away; distant, far.
8. (obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
9. Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
10. (slang) Sharp-witted.

Adv

1. extensively
2. completely
3. away from or to one side of a given goal
4. So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

Noun

A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score

Sinònims

broad

spacious

extensive

large

vast

open

flat

ample

big

roomy

widely

extended

great

capacious

thick

bulky

far

huge

voluminous

plentiful

expansive

flat and wide

commodious

comprehensive

broadly

sizable

expand

sweeping

full

blanket

widen

copious

wideness

baggy

loose

expanded

wide-cut

shallow

opened

extensively

all-embracing

panoptic

plane

profuse

boundless

rich

🤑

fat

spread

generous

aplenty

affluent

grindstone

astray

wide-eyed

immense

wide-ranging

widespread

across-the-board

basin

wide of the mark

lax

all-encompassing

empty

encompassing

become wide

all-inclusive

abundant

way

wide open

wide-open

wide-spread

loose-fitting

adj 1 & 3 broad

become thick

-ous

be wide

be thick

be spacious

panorama-viewed

-ful

into the distance

not narrow

fair-and-square

right smart

spread-out

spaceful

roomsome

good

👍

exhaustly

across

a lot

area

asunder

be

bluff

board

by

catholic

coarse

crying

deal

deep

developed

distant

diverse

eclipse

expanse

extension

extent

fair

far and wide

far-flung

far-reaching

gaping

grand

grave

🪦

greatly

hard

healthy

⚕️

heaps

impartial

inclusive

just

leaf

liberal

long

lots

major

mess

mile

molto

much

over

past

persnickety

pervading

raft

round

scattered

separated

short

sight

solid

some

splay

sporting

spread out

square

stretched out

strong

suitable

swinging

thickness

toothless

ugly

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/waɪd/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: wid

Heretat de anglès antic: wīd

Cognat amb escocès: wyd

Cognat amb frisó occidental: wiid

Cognat amb neerlandès: wijd

Cognat amb alemany: weit

Cognat amb danès: vid

Cognat amb suec: vid

Cognat amb islandès: víður

Cognat amb llatí: dīvidō

Cognat amb llatí: vītō

In summary

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English wid, wyd, from Old English wīd (“wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far”), from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate, divide”), a dissimilated univerbation from *dwi- (“apart, asunder, in two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”).
Cognate with Scots wyd, wid (“of great extent; vast”), West Frisian wiid (“broad; wide”), Dutch wijd (“wide; large; broad”), German weit (“far; wide; broad”), Danish vid (“wide”), Swedish vid (“wide”), Icelandic víður (“wide”), Latin dīvidō (“separate, sunder”), Latin vītō (“avoid, shun”). Related to widow.

Frases

The new bridge is wide enough for the passing loop to be extended .

The wide road shimmered in the hot sun .

The diversity of vegetation along the river supports a wide variety of wildlife .

"Tagiades japetus" have a wide range of occurrence .