Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: A 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
adjective
Definition: Having a large physical extent from side to side.
Example: We walked down a wide corridor.
Definition: Large in scope.
Example: The inquiry had a wide remit.
Definition: Operating at the side of the playing area.
Example: That team needs a decent wide player.
Definition: On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
Example: Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it’s wide.
Definition: Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
Definition: (now rare) Vast, great in extent, extensive.
Example: The wide, lifeless expanse.
Definition: Located some distance away; distant, far.
Definition: Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
Definition: Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
Example: a wide character; a wide stream
adverb
Definition: Extensively
Example: He travelled far and wide.
Definition: Completely
Example: He was wide awake.
Definition: Away from a given goal
Example: A few shots were fired but they all went wide.
Definition: So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.