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How to pronounce wide
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What does wide mean?
adjHaving a large physical extent from side to side.
“We walked down a wide corridor.”
Large in scope.
“The inquiry had a wide remit.”
Overweight, obese.
advExtensively.
“He travelled far and wide.”
Completely.
“He was wide awake.”
Away from or to one side of a given goal.
“The arrow fell wide of the mark.”
nounA 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
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