wideness
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wide
(wīd)adj. wid·er, wid·est
1.
a. Having a specified extent from side to side: a ribbon two inches wide.
b. Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad: a wide road; a wide necktie.
2. Having great extent or range; including much or many: a wide selection; granting wide powers; wide variations.
3. Fully open or extended: look with wide eyes.
4.
a. To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal: a shot that was wide of the target.
b. Baseball Outside.
c. Sports Being toward or near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field.
5. Deviating or straying from something expected or specified: a remark that was wide of the truth.
6. Linguistics Lax.
adv. wider, widest
1. Over a great distance; extensively: traveled far and wide.
2. To the full extent; completely.
3. To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.
4. Sports Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area: ran wide to catch a pass.
n. Sports
A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.
wide′ly adv.
wide′ness n.
wid′ish adj.
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Noun | 1. | wideness - the property of being wide; having great width narrowness - the property of being narrow; having little width; "the narrowness of the road" |
2. | wideness - unusual largeness in size or extent or number enormity - vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task" |
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wideness
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Translations
إتِّساع
breddevidde
laajuusleveys
szélesterjedelmes
breidd, vídd
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
wideness
[ˈwaɪdnɪs] n [road, river] → largeur f
[knowledge, experience] → étendue f
[choice] → étendue
[gap, difference] → étendue f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
wideness
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
wide
(waid) adjective1. great in extent, especially from side to side. wide streets; Her eyes were wide with surprise.
2. being a certain distance from one side to the other. This material is three metres wide; How wide is it?
3. great or large. He won by a wide margin.
4. covering a large and varied range of subjects etc. a wide experience of teaching.
adverb with a great distance from top to bottom or side to side. He opened his eyes wide.
ˈwidely adverbˈwiden verb
to make, or become, wide or wider. They have widened the road; The lane widens here.
ˈwideness nounwidth (widθ) noun
1. size from side to side. What is the width of this material?; This fabric comes in three different widths.
2. the state of being wide.
ˌwide-ˈranging adjective (of interests etc) covering a large number of subjects etc.
ˈwidespread adjective spread over a large area or among many people. widespread hunger and disease.
give a wide berth (to) to keep well away from. I give people with colds a wide berth / give a wide berth to people with colds.
wide apart a great (or greater than average) distance away from one another. He held his hands wide apart.
wide awake fully awake.
wide open fully open. The door was wide open; Her eyes are wide open but she seems to be asleep.
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