"go wide" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes wide [present, singular, third-person], going wide [participle, present], went wide [past], gone wide [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> wide}} go wide (third-person singular simple present goes wide, present participle going wide, simple past went wide, past participle gone wide)
  1. (photography) To use a wide-angle lens to take one or more photographs. Categories (topical): Photography
    Sense id: en-go_wide-en-verb-uL0WBCSY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 11 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 15 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 9 12 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
  2. (of a price) To change frequently.
    Sense id: en-go_wide-en-verb-sDFPF62g
  3. To spread one's attention from a narrow focus to a more diverse one.
    Sense id: en-go_wide-en-verb-2EvxijO9

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "went wide",
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            "Culture",
            "Human behaviour",
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        {
          "text": "1998, Sport Diver. Vol. 6, No. 6. Pg. 36.\nFirst and foremost, you'll need a wide-angle lens for going wide on your dive."
        },
        {
          "text": "2004. Digital Photography Bible. Dan Simon. Pg. 48.\nYou need to go wide just to fit things in."
        }
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        "To use a wide-angle lens to take one or more photographs."
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        "(photography) To use a wide-angle lens to take one or more photographs."
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "photography"
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Hedging Commodities: A practical guide to hedging strategies with futures ... Slobodan Jovanovic. Pg. 92",
          "text": "The change between futures and spot prices will either go wide -- expand or diminish -- go narrow"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change frequently."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a price) To change frequently."
      ],
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    },
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        {
          "ref": "2003, Paul Wilkes, Marty Minchin., Best Practices From America's Best Churches:",
          "text": "Then I saw we were not growing deep because we were not going wide.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Bobby Owsinsky, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook:",
          "text": "I used to be impressed by a drummer liking what I did, so I pretty much only got a drum perspective, but I've gone wide and I've gone narrow.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Boris Mordkovich, Eugene Mordkovich., Pay-per-click Search Engine Marketing Handbook:",
          "text": "One way to increase your chances of getting clicks, without bidding over your budget, is to go wide in your keyword niche.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spread one's attention from a narrow focus to a more diverse one."
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        {
          "text": "1998, Sport Diver. Vol. 6, No. 6. Pg. 36.\nFirst and foremost, you'll need a wide-angle lens for going wide on your dive."
        },
        {
          "text": "2004. Digital Photography Bible. Dan Simon. Pg. 48.\nYou need to go wide just to fit things in."
        }
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        "To use a wide-angle lens to take one or more photographs."
      ],
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        "(photography) To use a wide-angle lens to take one or more photographs."
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        "arts",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "photography"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Hedging Commodities: A practical guide to hedging strategies with futures ... Slobodan Jovanovic. Pg. 92",
          "text": "The change between futures and spot prices will either go wide -- expand or diminish -- go narrow"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change frequently."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a price) To change frequently."
      ],
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        "of a price"
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          "text": "I used to be impressed by a drummer liking what I did, so I pretty much only got a drum perspective, but I've gone wide and I've gone narrow.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Boris Mordkovich, Eugene Mordkovich., Pay-per-click Search Engine Marketing Handbook:",
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        "To spread one's attention from a narrow focus to a more diverse one."
      ]
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}

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