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.
See more adjective very large in expanse or scope “the wide plains” synonyms Broad, spacious big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent Having great extent or range 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
Wide, broad refer to dimensions 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. 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. Wide adjective (long distance) a2 measuring a long distance or longer than usual from one side to the other A wide river / road
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