Word a Day
wide
What does wide mean?
wide (adjective): having a large physical extent from side to side.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use wide in a sentence?
- We walked down a wide corridor. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce wide?
/waɪd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does wide come from?
From Middle English wid, wyd, from Old English wīd (“wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of wide?
What are antonyms of wide?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “wide”?
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What does “wide” mean?
not open or public; kept private or not revealed
Not quite: that's what secret means.
having a large physical extent from side to side
Right! That's what “wide” means.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
Not quite: that's what stupid means.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
Not quite: that's what happy means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “wide”?
happy
Not quite: happy means something else.
broad
Right!
white
Not quite: white means something else.
short
Not quite: short means something else.
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