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| 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 |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| vid |
| 1. adj. wide; having great width |
| De här byxorna är alldeles för vida. |
| These trousers are way too wide. |
| 2. prep. at, beside, next to, by; indicating either a position close to or a time |
| Jag är hemma vid fem. |
| I'll be at home at five o'clock. |
| Han står där, vid min bil. Ser du honom inte? |
| He stands there, next to my car. Don't you see him? |
| 3. prep. (indicating an oath) by; with the authority of |
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