wide

CEFRA1

/waɪd/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having a large distance from one side to the other.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Large in scope.

Examples

  • Life is not long, it is wide!

  • Such databases are being used in a wide range of contexts.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /wɑed/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Overweight, obese.

  2. Having a large physical extent from side to side.

  3. Operating at the side of the playing area.

More examples

In context

  • You're wide of the mark.

  • That team needs a decent wide player.

  • The inquiry had a wide remit.

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Origin

adjective

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 divide, separate”), a dissimilated univerbation from *dwi- (“apart, asunder, in two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian widj (“wide”), Saterland Frisian wied (“wide”), West Frisian wiid (“broad; wide”), Central Franconian weck, weit, wick, wiet (“distant, far, wide”), Dutch wijd (“wide; large; broad”), German weit (“far; wide; broad”), Luxembourgish weit (“wide”), wäit (“far”), Yiddish ווײַט (vayt, “distant, far”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vid (“wi...