Parola del giorno in inglese

Definizioni

inglese > italiano
wide
1. agg. largo, ampio
2. agg. ampio, spazioso, vasto, esteso
3. agg. aperto, spalancato
4. agg. vasto, ampio
5. agg. largo, ampio, liberale
6. agg. a vuoto, non a segno
7. agg. (senso figurato) sbagliato, non azzeccato, lontano dal vero
inglese > inglese
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. subst. (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
italiano > inglese
largo
1. adj. wide, broad
2. adj. ample, wide, large
3. adj. (of clothes) oversized, loose-fitting, too loose
4. adj. (figurative) generous, free, open-handed
Gianni è largo nelle mance. - Gianni is a generous tipper.
5. subst. open sea
al largo - offshore, in the open sea, in the offing, out to the sea
6. subst. square, largo
7. subst. (music) largo

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Esempi d'uso

He stood with his legs wide apart.      Stava in piedi con le gambe divaricate. The black market of drugs and weapons is very wide.      Il mercato nero delle droghe e delle armi è molto ampio. I cannot cross this river. It's too wide.      Non posso attraversare questo fiume. È troppo largo. My living room has wide windows.      Il mio salotto ha le finestre larghe.

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