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adjective- broad in scope or content
"across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
across-the-board all-embracing all-encompassing all-inclusive blanket broad encompassing extensive panoptic wide
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
"wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
wide broad
- very large in expanse or scope
"a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
broad spacious wide
- having ample fabric
"the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"
wide wide-cut full
- great in degree
"won by a wide margin"
wide
- not on target
"the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth"
wide wide of the mark
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended
"stared with wide eyes"
wide-eyed wide
adverb- far from the intended target
"the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
wide astray wide astray
- to or over a great extent or range; far
"wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely"
wide widely wide widely
- with or by a broad space
"stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end"
wide wide
- to the fullest extent possible
"open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open"
wide wide
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University