How to use wide in a sentence 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: 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.
Having great extent or range Wide (comparative wider or more wide, superlative widest or most wide) having a large physical extent from side to side Wide and broad may be synonymous, but broad is generally the larger and more emphatic A wide river is not thought of as so far across as a broad river Wide is sometimes more applicable to that which is to be passed through As, a wide mouth or aperture.
They are often interchangeable, but wide especially applies to things of which the length is much greater than the width A wide road, piece of ribbon. Often regarded as a simple adjective, wide describes something that has a large distance from side to side, encompassing a broad area or extent Think of it as the opposite of narrow. 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.
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