How to use wide in a sentence While all three words mean having horizontal extent, wide is more common when units of measurement are mentioned, or when applied to unfilled space between limits. Wide adjective (amount) b1 used to describe something that includes a large amount or many different types of thing, or that covers a large range or area:
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Of great extent from side to side
Having a specified extent from side to side
Of great range or scope A person of wide experience. Wide (comparative wider or more wide, superlative widest or most wide) having a large physical extent from side to side Having great extent or range
You use wide to say that something is found, believed, known, or supported by many people or throughout a large area The case has attracted wide publicity I suspect this book will have the widest appeal of all As pope he won wide support for his strict orthodoxy.
Definition of wide adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. See more adjective very large in expanse or scope “the wide plains” synonyms Broad, spacious big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
