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Wide

Adjective

Definitions

1.AdjectiveHaving a large physical extent from side to side.
"We walked down a wide corridor."
2.AdjectiveLarge in scope.
"The inquiry had a wide remit."
3.AdjectiveOverweight, obese.
4.AdjectiveOperating at the side of the playing area.
"That team needs a decent wide player."
5.AdjectiveOn one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
"Two balls before lunch, he bowled a wide.; Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it's wide."
6.AdjectiveMade, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
7.AdjectiveVast, great in extent, extensive.
"The wide, lifeless expanse."
8.AdjectiveLocated some distance away; distant, far. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
9.AdjectiveFar from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
10.AdjectiveOf or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
"a wide character; a wide stream"
11.AdjectiveSharp-witted.
12.Adverbextensively
"He travelled far and wide."
13.Adverbcompletely
"He was wide awake."
14.Adverbaway from or to one side of a given goal
"The arrow fell wide of the mark.; A few shots were fired but they all went wide."
15.AdverbSo as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
16.NounA ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score
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