Meaning

1 senses

  1. 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

Examples

554 sentences

  1. He stood with his legs wide apart.

    Він стояв широко розставивши ноги. — ChickenKiev

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  2. Tom opened his eyes very wide.

    Том дуже широко розплющив очі. — deniko

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  3. Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

    Тримай очі широко розплющеними до шлюбу, напівзаплющеними — після. — deniko

    ruДержи глаза широко открытыми до брака, полузакрытыми - после. — Snark

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  4. The river is wide.

    Річка широка. — deniko

    ruРека широкая. — odexed

    deDer Fluss ist breit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. How wide is this river?

    Наскільки широка ця річка? — deniko

    ruНасколько широка эта река? — odexed

    deWie breit ist dieser Fluss? — al_ex_an_der

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Forms

plural: wides
Singularwide
Pluralwides

regular

Collocations

5 patterns
  • wide awake
  • wide open
  • was wide open
  • door was wide
  • door wide

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wickedC1wickedlyC1wickednesswicketwidelyA2widenB2widespreadB1widget

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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