wide

Definition

  • adjective: extending a great distance from one side to the other
  • adjective: having great extent
  • usually used in combination
  • synonyms: vast, broad, extended

Examples

  • Police conducted a neighborhood-'wide' search for the suspect. [=police searched for the suspect throughout the neighborhood]

  • It appears that the governor's race is still 'wide open'. [=any of the candidates could win]

  • It was quite late, but the children were still 'wide awake'. [=not tired at all]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) created by opening windows there and there it faces the television at an angle that is neither direct, thus discouraging conversation, nor so far wide as to create a parallax distortion. I could go on,but I think I've made my point. Do you want me to move? - Well... (..)
    2007 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1
  • (..) invite her over, make her feel welcome. We never invited louie-slash-louise over. Well... and that was wrong of us. We need to widen our circle. I have a very wide circle. I have friends on myspace. Yes,and you've never met one of them. That's the beauty of it. I'm gonna invite her over. (..)
    2007 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1