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

  • (..) Good night, good night... Good night, Beowulf. Watch out for sea-monsters. I'm sure your imagination must be teeming with them. Just wait, the wide he may roam, Always the hero comes home... He goes where no one has gone, But always the hero comes home... He goes where no one has gone, (..)
    2007 Beowulf