"wide" meaning in English

See wide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /waɪd/ [US, UK], /wɑed/ [Australia] Audio: en-us-wide.ogg [US], en-uk-wide.ogg [UK], en-au-wide.ogg [Australia] Forms: wide [positive], wider [comparative], widest [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|wide|wider|widest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is wide, it is long from one side to the other side.
    Sense id: simple-wide-en-adj-UTEUHWud
  2. If there is a wide range, variety, or world, there is a lot of it.
    Sense id: simple-wide-en-adj-Y2S2lNUC
  3. If you give something or someone a wide berth, you avoid them by a lot.
    Sense id: simple-wide-en-adj-L7FhUf9m

Adverb

IPA: /waɪd/ [US, UK], /wɑed/ [Australia] Audio: en-us-wide.ogg [US], en-uk-wide.ogg [UK], en-au-wide.ogg [Australia] Forms: wide [positive], wider [comparative], Superlativewidest
Head templates: {{adverb|wide|wider|widest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is wide open, it is open to its full extent.
    Sense id: simple-wide-en-adv-PyWc5Ovt
  2. If you are wide awake, you are completely awake and alert, often when you would prefer to be asleep.
    Sense id: simple-wide-en-adv-TaNrJXMy
  3. If two things are wide apart, there is a lot of space between them.
    Sense id: simple-wide-en-adv-YOE0YZdC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Adverbs

Preposition

IPA: /waɪd/ [US, UK], /wɑed/ [Australia] Audio: en-us-wide.ogg [US], en-uk-wide.ogg [UK], en-au-wide.ogg [Australia] Forms: wide
Head templates: {{preposition}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something goes wide of the target, it misses the target.
    Sense id: simple-wide-en-prep-NFG90Hzv
  2. If the ball or a player is/plays/goes wide, they are near the sides of the field or court.
    Sense id: simple-wide-en-prep-2V-eFEi5 Categories (other): Sports
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