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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"
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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"
"granted him wide powers"
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(used of eyes) fully open or extended;
"stared with wide eyes"
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very large in expanse or scope;
"a broad lawn"
"the wide plains"
"a spacious view"
"spacious skies"
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great in degree;
"won by a wide margin"
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having ample fabric;
"the current taste for wide trousers"
"a full skirt"
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not on target;
"the kick was wide"
"the arrow was wide of the mark"
"a claim that was wide of the truth"