wide

wide

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/waɪd/]

Senses

1. wide (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Having a large physical extent from side to side.

Example: We walked down a wide corridor.

Concept: Пространность

Polarities of the concept

2. wide (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Large in scope.

Example: The inquiry had a wide remit.

3. wide (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Overweight, obese.

4. wide (adv) — sense 4

Definition: Extensively.

Example: He travelled far and wide.

5. wide (adv) — sense 5

Definition: Completely.

Example: He was wide awake.

6. wide (adv) — sense 6

Definition: Away from or to one side of a given goal.

Example: The arrow fell wide of the mark.

7. wide (noun) — sense 7

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

Polarities

Brevity ↔ Wordiness — concept «Пространность»

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