wideness
The state or quality of being wideThe state or quality of being wide.
» No one can approach him in wideness of knowledge.
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2 senses(archaic, uncountable, usually)The state or quality of being wide.
(archaic, uncountable, usually)Large extent or expanse; breadth, broadness.
- the property of being wide; having great width
- unusual largeness in size or extent or number
Examples
2 sentencesNo one can approach him in wideness of knowledge.
Learning about the depth and wideness of one's language is a way of finding one's identity.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English wydnesse, from Old English wīdnes (“width, wideness”), equivInherited from Middle English wydnesse, from Old English wīdnes (“width, wideness”), equivalent to wide + -ness.
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Forms
plural: widenesses| Singular | wideness |
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uncountable
Synonyms
9 synonyms- the property of being wide; having great width:broadness
- unusual largeness in size or extent or number:enormousnessgrandnessgreatnessimmensenessimmensitysizeablenessvastness
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.