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:

1. of great extent from side to side; broad: a wide street. 2. having a specified extent from side to side: three feet wide. 3. vast; spacious: the wide plains. 4. of great range or scope: a person of wide experience.

a combining form of wide, forming from nouns adjectives with the general sense "extending or applying throughout a given space,'' as specified by the noun: communitywide; countrywide; worldwide.

Adjective wide (comparative wider or more wide, superlative widest or most wide) Having a large physical extent from side to side.

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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.

WIDE definition: having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad. See examples of wide used in a sentence.

See also: ample, beamy, big, bird's-eye, breadth, broad-brimmed, comfortable, comprehensive, copious, deep, fanlike, inaccurate, large, open, opened, panoramic, plenteous [literary], plentiful, rich, sweeping, thick, wide-screen, width

Wide can be defined as having a large distance or extent from side to side, or having a broad or extensive scope, range, or influence. It can also refer to something that is spacious or roomy.