Le mot anglais du jour

Définitions

anglais > français
wide
1. adj. Large.
2. n. (Cricket) Wide. Lancer qui est tellement loin du guichet que l'arbitre attribue un point à l'équipe qui frappe.
anglais > anglais
wide
1. adj. Having a large physical extent from side to side.
We walked down a wide corridor.
2. adj. Large in scope.
The inquiry had a wide remit.
3. adj. (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
That team needs a decent wide player.
4. adj. On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it's wide.
5. adj. (phonetics, dated) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
6. adj. (Scotland, Northern England, now rare) Vast, great in extent, extensive.
The wide, lifeless expanse.
7. adj. Remote; distant; far.
The hut was not wide from the sea.
The cabin is not wide from the lake.
8. adj. (obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
9. adj. (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
a wide character; a wide stream
10. adv. extensively
He travelled far and wide.
11. adv. completely
He was wide awake.
12. adv. away from a given goal
The arrow fell wide of the mark.
13. adv. So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
14. n. (cricket) 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
français > anglais
large
1. adj. wide, broad
2. adj. large
3. adj. generous
4. n-m. open sea
5. n-m. width

Exemples de phrases

It's as deep as it is wide.      Il est aussi profond que large. How wide is it?      De quelle largeur est-ce ? Global warming will change the patterns of the weather world-wide.      Le réchauffement mondial va changer les archétypes du climat partout dans le monde. He stood with his feet wide apart.      Il était debout avec les jambes bien écartées. We have a wide choice of books.      Nous avons un large choix de livres.

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