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

  • (..) The extra buttons. Yeah. What kind of a sicko, really, would save these... ...have them in a huge file? Drawers that wide. You know, you just... "Where the hell is that but..." I mean, is it that hard to get black, round buttons... ...that they make it (..)
    1991 TvShow: Seinfeld Title: The Truth Season: 3 Episode 2