wide

Meaning

Adj

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

Synonyms

broad

spacious

extensive

large

vast

open

flat

ample

big

roomy

widely

extended

capacious

great

thick

bulky

huge

voluminous

far

comprehensive

commodious

broadly

plentiful

expansive

sizable

flat and wide

copious

baggy

shallow

extensively

loose

wideness

expanded

all-embracing

widen

wide-cut

sweeping

blanket

full

expand

opened

basin

all-inclusive

all-encompassing

profuse

astray

plane

panoptic

rich

🤑

aplenty

Translations

large

ancho

breit

weit

largo

ampio

amplio

ample

wijd

ample

largo

breed

ausgedehnt

vasto

Pronounced as (IPA)

/waɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wid

Inherited from Old English: wīd

Cognate with Scots: wyd

Cognate with Western Frisian: wiid

Cognate with Dutch: wijd

Cognate with German: weit

Cognate with Danish: vid

Cognate with Swedish: vid

Cognate with Icelandic: víður

Cognate with Latin: dīvidō

Cognate with Latin: 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.

Sentences

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 .