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

  • (..) if he misses... both the girl and the braids? Three misses and we drown him. One! You're too drunk! You'll split her wide open! Drunk, am I? I haven't had enough! You missed her, didn't you? What a son! Kitala. (..)
    1958 The Vikings