Meanings (ES + gloss)
amplio • ancho
Having a large physical extent from side to side.
Over a wider region either side of the path of totality, a partial eclipse is seen.
We walked down a wide corridor.
amplio
Large in scope.
The inquiry had a wide remit.
The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. The…
lateral
Operating at the side of the playing area.
That team needs a decent wide player.
Phrases
a mile wide and an inch deepall wool and a yard wideblow wide openby a wide margincast one's net far and widecast one's net widecut a wide swathcut a wide swatheenfar and widego widehave someone's nose wide openinto the wide blue yondermidwideopen widepaint with a wide brushspread one's net wideto the widewhole wide worldwide area networkwide awakewide berthwide boywide column storewide gamewide of the markwide openwide place in the roadwide receiverwide shotwide shutwide spot in the roadwide stancewide-anglewide-angle converterwide-angle lenswide-area networkwide-awakewide-awake hatwide-bodied