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Type Words
Synonyms wide of the mark


the kick was wide.
the arrow was wide of the mark.
a claim that was wide of the truth.
Type Words
Synonyms wide-eyed


stared with wide eyes.
Type Words
Synonyms astray


the arrow went wide of the mark.
Type Words
Synonyms broad
Derivation wideness


wide roads.
a wide necktie.
wide margins.
three feet wide.
Type Words
Synonyms full, wide-cut
Derivation wideness


the current taste for wide trousers.
Type Words
Synonyms widely


wandered wide through many lands.
he traveled widely.
Type Words
Synonyms across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic
Derivation wideness


granted him wide powers.
Type Words
Synonyms broad, spacious
Derivation wideness


the wide plains.
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Derivation wideness


won by a wide margin.

Examples of wide

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It was hard to open up wide enough for a bite, much less finish the whole thing.
From the ocregister.com
You're wide open on the gas and making sure you go everywhere the lead car goes.
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Lewis finished sixth league-wide with 139 tackles, his highest total since 2004.
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So he installed a company-wide realignment aimed at reigniting his 85 employees.
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With a wide-open lane, Turris shot from close range and Halak gloved the rubber.
From the stltoday.com
Wide open, Reed settled himself and swished the shot to pull KU to within 42-41.
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After an unforced error wide, Murray pounded his fist and yelled out in disgust.
From the heraldtribune.com
Bring points of the triangles up over filling and tuck securely under wide ends.
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Rescue crews are hard at work in a wide area hit by tornadoes overnight Tuesday.
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  • Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
  • With or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end"
  • Across-the-board: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
  • To the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open"
  • Far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
  • Wide-eyed: (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes"
  • A Web Integrated Development Environment (WIDE) is an Integrated Development Environment that facilitates developers to work online using web based tools.
  • In the sport of cricket, a wide is one of two things: * The event of a ball being delivered by a bowler too wide or high to be hit by the batsman, and ruled so by the umpire.n* A run scored by the batting team as a penalty to the bowling team when this occurs.
  • (wideness) the expansion of consciousness that comes when one exceeds or begins to exceed the individual consciousness and spread out toward the universal; it is felt as a great substantial vastness giving the sense of oneness free and infinite. [Integral Yoga]