"wide open" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: wider open [comparative], more wide open [comparative], widest open [superlative], most wide open [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|wider open|more|sup=widest open}} wide open (comparative wider open or more wide open, superlative widest open or most wide open)
  1. completely open Synonyms: wide-open (english: before noun) [attributive] Derived forms: blow wide open Translations (open completely): широко отворен (široko otvoren) (Bulgarian), de bat a bat (Catalan), vidåben (Danish), apposen auki (Finnish), ammollaan (Finnish), grand ouvert (French), ορθάνοιχτος (orthánoichtos) (Greek), ammillaa (Ingrian), vidåpen (Norwegian Bokmål), na oścież (Polish), настежь (nastežʹ) (Russian), de par en par (Spanish), vidöppen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wide_open-en-adj-5HFwodaI Disambiguation of 'open completely': 100 0 0 0 0 0
  2. having no laws or law enforcement Translations (lawless): villi (Finnish), laglös (Swedish), vild (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wide_open-en-adj-Xh1ti7fK Disambiguation of 'lawless': 0 77 6 6 4 7
  3. unsettled or unresolved Translations (unresolved): оспорван (osporvan) (Bulgarian), avoinna (Finnish), incertain [masculine] (French), vidöppen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wide_open-en-adj-jYlDrUVK Disambiguation of 'unresolved': 0 4 79 6 4 6
  4. vulnerable or unprotected Translations (vulnerable): незащитен (nezaštiten) (Bulgarian), altis (Finnish), vidöppen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wide_open-en-adj-MnCOnyFo Disambiguation of 'vulnerable': 0 1 1 91 6 1
  5. (sports) without the presence of opponents nearby Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-wide_open-en-adj-xwb6rpeY Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  6. (finance) of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bid and ask prices Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-wide_open-en-adj-f5dnWgoN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 4 3 7 26 47 Topics: business, finance

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