Word a Day
width
What does width mean?
width (noun): the measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use width in a sentence?
- The river is fifty meters in width. (Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR)
- What's the width of this road? (Tatoeba sentence #503848 by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce width?
/wɪdθ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
What are synonyms of width?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “width”?
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What does “width” mean?
the act of giving something in return for something received
Not quite: that's what exchange means.
one of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen
Not quite: that's what alternative means.
the measurement of the extent of something from side to side
Right! That's what “width” means.
a unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes)
Not quite: that's what hour means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “width”?
company
Not quite: company means something else.
country
Not quite: country means something else.
breadth
Right!
service
Not quite: service means something else.
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