word-vault/dist/data/cards/wi/wide.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "wide",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "measuring a large distance from one side to the other",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's a wide, fast-flowing river."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The river gets quite wide here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wore a jacket with wide lapels."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her face broke into a wide grin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The road was fairly wide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sam has a wide mouth."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "measuring a particular distance from one side to the other",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**How wide** is that stream?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's about 2 metres wide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The road was just **wide enough** for two vehicles to pass."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The road was only **wide enough** for only one vehicle at a time."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "including a large number or variety of different people or things; covering a large area",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **wide range/choice/variety/selection** of goods"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company offers a **wide array** of services to businesses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her music appeals to a **wide audience**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's the best job in **the whole wide world**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Experts believe the project could bring positive benefits to the **wider community**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The contributors to this volume represent a wide spectrum of opinion on the subject."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Publication on the internet makes the material accessible to a wider public for the first time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is a manager with a wide experience of industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jenny has a wide circle of friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The incident has received wide coverage in the press."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The festival attracts people from a wide area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We stock a wide range of goods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to develop a wide vocabulary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is wide disagreement on this issue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The museum is trying to attract a wider audience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The young talent at the club deserves wider recognition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The general aim is for a wider distribution of wealth throughout society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The current survey will have a wider geographical spread."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a very wide range of clothing"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "phrases": ["far and wide"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "very big",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The Australians won by a wide margin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are wide variations in prices."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "general; not only looking at details",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the wider aims of the project"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are talking about education **in its widest sense**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't just look at it in terms of the immediate problem. You've got to see it in a wider context."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "fully open",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She stared at him with wide eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His eyes grew wide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their eyes were wide with fear."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "go", "grow"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "really", "very"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "far from the point aimed at",
            "sensetop": "wide (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her shot was wide (of the target)."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her shot fell just wide of the target."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "happening or existing in the whole of a country, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a nationwide search"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to act on a Europe-wide scale."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to not go too near somebody/something; to avoid somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He gave the dog a wide berth."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not accurate",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their predictions turned out to be wide of the mark."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/waɪd/",
                "audio": "wi/wide/wide__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/waɪd/",
                "audio": "wi/wide/wide__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wīd ‘spacious, extensive’, wīde ‘over a large area’, of Germanic origin."
}