"far and wide" meaning in English

See far and wide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English fer and wide (“far and wide”). Compare Middle English wide and side, widen and siden (“far and wide”), from Old English wīde and sīde (“far and wide”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fer and wide|t=far and wide}} Middle English fer and wide (“far and wide”), {{cog|enm|wide and side}} Middle English wide and side, {{m|enm|widen and siden|t=far and wide}} widen and siden (“far and wide”), {{cog|ang|wīde and sīde|t=far and wide}} Old English wīde and sīde (“far and wide”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} far and wide (not comparable)
  1. Over a great distance or large area; nearly everywhere. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: high and low, far and away Translations (over a great distance or large area): 到處 (Chinese Mandarin), 到处 (dàochù) (Chinese Mandarin), wijd en zijd (Dutch), laajalti (Finnish), partout (French), in lungo e in largo (Italian), vagē (Latin), wzdłuż i wszerz (Polish), în lung și în lat (Romanian), बृहत् (bṛhat) (Sanskrit), fad is farsaing (Scottish Gaelic), por todas partes (Spanish)

Download JSON data for far and wide meaning in English (3.4kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fer and wide",
        "t": "far and wide"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fer and wide (“far and wide”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "wide and side"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wide and side",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "widen and siden",
        "t": "far and wide"
      },
      "expansion": "widen and siden (“far and wide”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "wīde and sīde",
        "t": "far and wide"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wīde and sīde (“far and wide”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fer and wide (“far and wide”). Compare Middle English wide and side, widen and siden (“far and wide”), from Old English wīde and sīde (“far and wide”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "far and wide (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English coordinated pairs",
          "parents": [
            "Coordinated pairs",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Over a great distance or large area; nearly everywhere."
      ],
      "id": "en-far_and_wide-en-adv-cJulzfAX",
      "links": [
        [
          "distance",
          "distance"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ],
        [
          "everywhere",
          "everywhere"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "high and low"
        },
        {
          "word": "far and away"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
          "word": "到處"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàochù",
          "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
          "word": "到处"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
          "word": "wijd en zijd"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
          "word": "laajalti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
          "word": "partout"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
          "word": "in lungo e in largo"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
          "word": "vagē"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
          "word": "wzdłuż i wszerz"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
          "word": "în lung și în lat"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "bṛhat",
          "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
          "word": "बृहत्"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
          "word": "fad is farsaing"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
          "word": "por todas partes"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "far and wide"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fer and wide",
        "t": "far and wide"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fer and wide (“far and wide”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "wide and side"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wide and side",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "widen and siden",
        "t": "far and wide"
      },
      "expansion": "widen and siden (“far and wide”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "wīde and sīde",
        "t": "far and wide"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wīde and sīde (“far and wide”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fer and wide (“far and wide”). Compare Middle English wide and side, widen and siden (“far and wide”), from Old English wīde and sīde (“far and wide”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "far and wide (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "high and low"
    },
    {
      "word": "far and away"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adverbs",
        "English coordinated pairs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English uncomparable adverbs",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Over a great distance or large area; nearly everywhere."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distance",
          "distance"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ],
        [
          "everywhere",
          "everywhere"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
      "word": "到處"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàochù",
      "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
      "word": "到处"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
      "word": "wijd en zijd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
      "word": "laajalti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
      "word": "partout"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
      "word": "in lungo e in largo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
      "word": "vagē"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
      "word": "wzdłuż i wszerz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
      "word": "în lung și în lat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "bṛhat",
      "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
      "word": "बृहत्"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
      "word": "fad is farsaing"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "over a great distance or large area",
      "word": "por todas partes"
    }
  ],
  "word": "far and wide"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.