How to use wide in a sentence While all three words mean having horizontal extent, wide is more common when units of measurement are mentioned, or when applied to unfilled space between limits. 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:
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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 โthe wide plainsโ synonyms Broad, spacious big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Having great extent or range Often regarded as a simple adjective, wide describes something that has a large distance from side to side, encompassing a broad area or extent Think of it as the opposite of narrow. 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, 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. The words broad and deep are common synonyms of wide
