Engels Woord van de dag

wide

wijd

Definities

Engels > Nederlands

wide

1. wijd, breed

Engels > Engels

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

Nederlands > Engels

wijd

1. adj. wide

2. adj. (dialectal) far

3. v. imperative of wijden

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

I know that the path of virtue is very narrow and that the path of vice is very wide and spacious.
    Ik weet dat het pad van de deugd erg smal is, en de weg van de ondeugd breed en ruim.
The path of virtue is very narrow and the path of vice is very wide and spacious.
    Het pad van de deugd is erg smal, en de weg van de ondeugd breed en ruim.
The black angel spread those jet-black wings wide and flew up into the sky.
    De zwarte engel spreidde zijn gitzwarte vleugels wijd uit en vloog naar de hemel.

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