wide

I [waɪd]

aggettivo

1) (broad) [opening, mouth] largo; [margin] ampio

it's 3 m wide — è largo 3 m

to make the street wider — allargare la strada

eyes wide with fear — occhi spalancati per la paura

2) (immense) [ocean, desert] immenso, vasto

3) (extensive) [variety, choice] ampio, grande

of wide interests — [person] dai vasti interessi

a wide range of — un'ampia o una vasta gamma di

4) (in cricket) [ball, shot] fuori misura

5) -wide in composti

a nation-wide survey — un'indagine su scala nazionale

II [waɪd]

avverbio

to open one's eyes wide — spalancare gli occhi

his eyes are (set) wide apart — ha gli occhi molto distanti

open wide! — apri bene!

to be wide of the mark — [ball] non andare a segno; fig. [guess] essere completamente sballato

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1. adjective

1) (great in extent, especially from side to side: wide streets; Her eyes were wide with surprise.) spalancato

2) (being a certain distance from one side to the other: This material is three metres wide; How wide is it?) largo

3) (great or large: He won by a wide margin.) grande, ampio

4) (covering a large and varied range of subjects etc: a wide experience of teaching.) ampio, immenso

2. adverb

(with a great distance from top to bottom or side to side: He opened his eyes wide.) completamente

- widely

- widen
- wideness
- width
- wide-ranging
- widespread
- give a wide berth to
- give a wide berth
- wide apart
- wide awake
- wide open

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I [waɪd]

aggettivo

1) (broad) [opening, mouth] largo; [margin] ampio

it's 3 m wide — è largo 3 m

to make the street wider — allargare la strada

eyes wide with fear — occhi spalancati per la paura

2) (immense) [ocean, desert] immenso, vasto

3) (extensive) [variety, choice] ampio, grande

of wide interests — [person] dai vasti interessi

a wide range of — un'ampia o una vasta gamma di

4) (in cricket) [ball, shot] fuori misura

5) -wide in composti

a nation-wide survey — un'indagine su scala nazionale

II [waɪd]

avverbio

to open one's eyes wide — spalancare gli occhi

his eyes are (set) wide apart — ha gli occhi molto distanti

open wide! — apri bene!

to be wide of the mark — [ball] non andare a segno; fig. [guess] essere completamente sballato