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

  • (..) white shark. It can grow in excess of feet long... Ben: Jesus! with a foot wide bite. One of these things is swimming off my coast? No. You have a feet long baby swimming off your coast. But it's a damn dinosaur. (..)
    2002 Shark Attack 3: Megalodon