Wide - English meaning

adjective

(of a person's mouth) wide open in surprise or wonder.

Usage examples:

Downes listened, mouth agape with incredulity

noun

Christian love, as distinct from erotic love or simple affection.

Usage examples:

The ancient greeks made the distinction between eros and agape.

adjective

(of a person) with the mouth wide open, especially showing surprise or shock; (of the mouth) wide open, especially in surprise or shock

Usage examples:

We watched, our mouths agape in excitement., audience members were staring at each other agape as i…

idiom

As much as possible or completely

Usage examples:

If you want to bring it up with the boss, i'll support you all the way.

adjective

Including all related things, esp. expenses

Usage examples:

An all-inclusive vacation package

adjective

Including everything, especially including the cost of all services that are offered

Usage examples:

All-inclusive cost/deal/price the rental is an all-inclusive price including heating, electricity, …

adjective

Enough or more than enough; plentiful.

Usage examples:

There is ample time for discussion

adjective

More than enough

Usage examples:

Ample evidence there's ample evidence that the lawyer knew exactly what she was doing., ample oppor…

adjective

If the shape of someone's body or a part of their body is ample, it is large

Usage examples:

Her ample bosom, his ample girth (= his big stomach) was clear evidence of his passion for food.

adverb

Away from the correct path or direction.

Usage examples:

We went astray but a man redirected us

adverb

Away from the correct path or way of doing something

Usage examples:

Our district was led astray, and as a result, we wasted valuable resources.

adverb

Away from the correct path or correct way of doing something

Usage examples:

The letter must have gone astray in the post., i was led astray by an out-of-date map., her parents…

adjective

(of clothing) loose and hanging in folds.

Usage examples:

Baggy trousers

noun

Loose, wide-legged trousers or shorts.

Usage examples:

Young men sport baggies low on their hips, exposing calvin klein boxers and a line of hair.

adjective

(of clothes) hanging loosely because of being too big or having been stretched

Usage examples:

A baggy sweater

adjective

Having a distance larger than usual from side to side; wide.

Usage examples:

A broad staircase

noun

A woman.

Usage examples:

I get drunk, follow the pretty broads, and make a fool of myself

adjective

Very wide

Usage examples:

He flashed a broad grin at us., the magazine covers a broad range of subjects., he explained it in …

adjective

Having a lot of space inside; roomy.

Usage examples:

She rummaged in her capacious handbag

adjective

Having a lot of space inside

Usage examples:

She put her notebook and pen back into her capacious handbag., the new model car is even more comfo…

adjective

Able to include a lot of different things

Usage examples:

Her creative, capacious brain was always brimming with ideas., our organization is diverse and capa…

adjective

Including a wide variety of things; all-embracing.

Usage examples:

Her tastes are pretty catholic

noun

A member of the roman catholic church.

Usage examples:

Under the law of the church, remarried catholics are prohibited from communion.

adjective

Including many different types of thing

Usage examples:

As a young person he had more catholic tastes than he does now.

adjective

Like a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.

Usage examples:

A dismal cavernous hall

adjective

(of a space) very large

Usage examples:

The cavernous los angeles coliseum

adjective

If something is cavernous, there is a very large open space inside it

Usage examples:

A cavernous 4,000-seat theatre

adjective

Roomy and comfortable.

Usage examples:

They moved to a more commodious dwelling

adjective

Used to describe a room or house that has a lot of space

adverb

Totally; utterly.

Usage examples:

The fire completely destroyed the building

adverb

In every way or as much as possible

Usage examples:

I agree with you completely., she's completely mad., he'd completely changed - i didn't recognize h…

adjective

Including or dealing with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something.

Usage examples:

A comprehensive list of sources

noun

A comprehensive school.

Usage examples:

He trained as an accountant after leaving the local comprehensive

adjective

Including everything that is necessary; complete

Usage examples:

They put forward comprehensive legislation to revise the rules for financing political campaigns.

adjective

Comprehensive in terms of information.

Usage examples:

He has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of food

adjective

Covering a large range of knowledge, often in great detail

Usage examples:

He has boundless energy and an encyclopedic memory.

adjective

Containing a lot of information

adjective

Including or considering all elements or aspects; fully comprehensive.

Usage examples:

The guide outlines every bus route in exhaustive detail

adjective

Detailed and complete

Usage examples:

An exhaustive study of the tax law

adjective

Complete and including everything

Usage examples:

An exhaustive study/report

adjective

Covering a wide area in terms of space or scope; extensive.

Usage examples:

Expansive beaches

adjective

Very happy to talk to people in a friendly way

Usage examples:

Expansive mood he was in an expansive mood on the night of the party., he was uncharacteristically …

adjective

Covering a large area

Usage examples:

There was an expansive view from the window., expansive gesture "all this is mine," she said with a…

adjective

Covering or affecting a large area.

Usage examples:

An extensive garden

adjective

Covering a large area; having a great range

Usage examples:

Extensive grounds a school with extensive grounds, extensive repairs extensive repairs to the motor…

adjective

Containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space.

Usage examples:

Waste bins full of rubbish

adverb

Straight; directly.

Usage examples:

She turned her head and looked full into his face

noun

The period, point, or state of the greatest fullness or strength.

Usage examples:

So many of those who were killed in the attacks were right in the full of their lives.

adverb

Completely or entirely; to the fullest extent.

Usage examples:

I fully understand the fears of the workers

suffix

Forming adverbs corresponding to adjectives ending in -ful (such as sorrowfully corresponding to sorrowful ).

adverb

Completely

Usage examples:

Have you fully recovered from your illness?, if you’re not fully satisfied with your purchase, we’l…

adjective

(of a hole, wound, etc.) wide open.

Usage examples:

There was a gaping hole in the wall

verb

Be or become wide open.

Usage examples:

A large duffel bag gaped open by her feet

adjective

Open wide

Usage examples:

He had a gaping wound and we called for an ambulance.

adjective

Affecting or concerning all or most people or things; widespread.

Usage examples:

Books of general interest

noun

A commander of an army, or an army officer of very high rank.

Usage examples:

The most stable connection is that between the military commander and generals and officers directl…

adjective

Involving or relating to most people, things, or conditions, esp. when these are considered as a unit; not particular or specific

Usage examples:

The general standard of living, this book is intended for the general reader (= one who does not ha…

adjective

Showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected.

Usage examples:

A generous benefactor to the university

adjective

Willing to give and share unstintingly

adjective

(of someone) willing to give help or support, esp. more than is usual or expected, or (of something) larger than usual or expected

Usage examples:

A generous donor, food in generous portions, please give generously to those in need.

adjective

Extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.

Usage examples:

The cost of restoration has been immense

adjective

Extremely large; great in size or degree

Usage examples:

He inherited an immense fortune., did you see that guy? he was immense!, country music is immensely…

adjective

Extremely large in size or degree

Usage examples:

Immense wealth/value, immense amount they spent an immense amount of time getting the engine into p…

adjective

Not accurate.

Usage examples:

False or inaccurate descriptions of goods

adjective

Not correct, or not exact

Usage examples:

Your information is inaccurate – i was born in 1956, not 1965., inaccurate measurements, [ c ] rose…

adjective

Not completely correct or exact, or not able to do something correctly or exactly

Usage examples:

Wildly inaccurate their estimate of the cost of the project was wildly (= extremely) inaccurate., a…

adverb

In an incorrect or inexact manner.

Usage examples:

The bank has been fined for inaccurately reporting stock market trades

adverb

In a way that is not correct or exact

Usage examples:

The county is constantly being portrayed inaccurately., nuclear weapons are commonly, if inaccurate…

adjective

Of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity.

Usage examples:

Add a large clove of garlic

verb

Enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music.

Usage examples:

He's known in clubland for his capacity for larging it

adverb

Another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb).

adjective

Involving many people or things, or happening over a large area

Usage examples:

We must improve our response to large-scale natural disasters.

adjective

Involving a lot of people, things, or activity, or happening over a large area

Usage examples:

They have announced large-scale changes in the organization., after the development phase, the comp…

adjective

Not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached.

Usage examples:

A loose tooth

noun

Loose play.

Usage examples:

He was in powerful form in the loose

verb

Set free; release.

Usage examples:

The hounds have been loosed

idiom

If something someone says or writes is off the mark, it is not correct

Usage examples:

His criticisms are way off the mark., bedini and curzi were probably not far off the mark in their …

adjective

Allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed or blocked.

Usage examples:

He climbed through the open window

verb

Move (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and vision.

Usage examples:

She opened the door and went in

noun

Make or become formally ready for customers, visitors, or business.

Usage examples:

She raised $731 by opening her home and selling coffee and tea

adverb

Moving or appearing to move away from a particular place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden.

Usage examples:

He walked out into the street

preposition

Non-standard contraction of out of.

Usage examples:

He ran out the door

adjective

Not at home or at one's place of work.

Usage examples:

If he called, she'd pretend to be out

adjective

Fully extended or expanded.

Usage examples:

Outspread hands

verb

Spread out.

Usage examples:

That eagle outspreading his wings for flight

adjective

Spread as far as possible

Usage examples:

A bronze statue of an angel with outspread wings

adjective

Bigger than the usual size.

Usage examples:

An oversized t-shirt

adjective

Bigger than usual, or too big

Usage examples:

My daughter loves to wear oversize clothes.

adjective

(especially of accommodation) having plenty of room; spacious.

Usage examples:

The cabin is roomy and well planned

adjective

Having a lot of space

Usage examples:

Her new apartment is very roomy.

adjective

(especially of a garment) lacking a distinctive or attractive shape.

Usage examples:

She wore a shapeless frock and no make-up

adjective

(of an object) not having an appearance that you consider clear, pleasing, or correct

Usage examples:

Summer and winter she wore the same array of faded gingham dresses and shapeless sweaters.

adjective

Not taut or held tightly in position; loose.

Usage examples:

A slack rope

noun

The part of a rope or line which is not held taut; the loose or unused part.

Usage examples:

I picked up the rod and wound in the slack

verb

Loosen (something, especially a rope).

Usage examples:

Slacking the outhaul allows you to adjust the sail

adjective

Careless and unsystematic; excessively casual.

Usage examples:

We gave away a goal through sloppy defending

adjective

Messy or lacking care or attention

Usage examples:

Sloppy clothes, a sloppy administrator, sloppy weather, her grandchildren nearly smothered her with…

adjective

Very wet or liquid, often in a way that is unpleasant

Usage examples:

The batter was a bit sloppy so i added some more flour., she covered his face with sloppy kisses.

adjective

(especially of a room or building) having ample space.

Usage examples:

The hotel has a spacious lounge and tv room

adjective

Having a lot of space

Usage examples:

A spacious house is comfortable.

adjective

Extending or performed in a long, continuous curve.

Usage examples:

Sweeping, desolate moorlands

noun

Dirt or refuse collected by sweeping.

Usage examples:

The sweepings from the house

verb

Clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.

Usage examples:

I've swept the floor

adjective

Relating to or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases.

Usage examples:

Universal adult suffrage

noun

A thing having universal effect, currency, or application.

Usage examples:

If laws are thought of in some other way - for example, as involving relations of necessitation amo…

proper noun

A us film production company formed in 1912.

adjective

Of very great extent or quantity; immense.

Usage examples:

A vast plain full of orchards

noun

An immense space.

Usage examples:

And up from the vast a murmuring passed as from a wood of pines.

adjective

(of clothes) very loose or full; having much fabric.

Usage examples:

A voluminous purple cloak

adjective

Covering many subjects

Usage examples:

A wide-ranging discussion

adjective

(of an opening or space) very large and wide.

Usage examples:

The yawning entrance of the cave

noun

The reflex action of opening the mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to tiredness or boredom.

Usage examples:

Yawning is so contagious that we only need to read about it to want to yawn ourselves

verb

Involuntarily open one's mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom.

Usage examples:

He began yawning and looking at his watch