wide

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Measuring a large distance from one side to the other.

   They walked along the wide, busy road.

2. 2
   adj

   Large in range or amount; covering a lot.

   The shop offers a wide range of products.

3. 3
   adv

   As far open or apart as possible.

   Open your eyes wide and look up.

4. 4
   adv

   Far away from the intended target.

   The arrow went wide of the mark.

Common collocations

• wide mouth Adjective + noun

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English wid, wyd, from Old English wīd (“wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far”), from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to divide, separate”), a dissimilated univerbation from *dwi- (“apart, asunder, in two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian widj (“wide”), Saterland Frisian wied (“wide”), West Frisian wiid (“broad; wide”), Central Franconian weck, weit, wick, wiet (“distant, far, wide”), Dutch wijd (“wide; large; broad”), German weit (“far; wide; broad”), Luxembourgish weit (“wide”), wäit (“far”), Yid…

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