Definition of "wide" in Anglais

adjective

1. Having a large physical extent from side to side.

   • We walked down a wide corridor.

2. Large in scope.

   • The inquiry had a wide remit.

3. (slang, derogatory, humorous) Overweight, obese.

4. (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.

   • That team needs a decent wide player.

5. On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

   • Two balls before lunch, he bowled a wide.
   • Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it's wide.

6. (phonetics, dated) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.

7. (Scotland, Northern England, now rare) Vast, great in extent, extensive.

   • The wide, lifeless expanse.

8. (obsolete) Located some distance away; distant, far.

9. (obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.

10. (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.

    • a wide character; a wide stream

11. (British, slang, only in "wide boy") Sharp-witted.

adverb

1. extensively

   • He travelled far and wide.

2. completely

   • He was wide awake.

3. away from or to one side of a given goal

   • The arrow fell wide of the mark.
   • A few shots were fired but they all went wide.

4. So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

noun

1. (cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score