English Dictionary

wide

IPA（発音記号）

/waɪd/

形容詞

古風 イングランド北部方言 スコットランド英語 古語 廃用 俗語

Having a large physical extent from side to side. / Large in scope. / (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.

日本語の意味

物理的に横幅が広い / 広大、範囲が広い / スポーツにおいては、試合エリアのサイドでプレーする（ウィング的役割）

The wide river shimmered under the afternoon sun.

幅の広い川が午後の太陽の下できらめいていた。

意味（1）

Having a large physical extent from side to side.

We walked down a wide corridor.

意味（2）

Large in scope.

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. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.

意味（3）

(sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.

That team needs a decent wide player.

意味（4）

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.

意味（5）

(phonetics, dated) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.

意味（6）

(Scotland, Northern England, now rare) Vast, great in extent, extensive.

The wide, lifeless expanse.

意味（7）

(obsolete) Located some distance away; distant, far.

Mr Hunt's house, you know, lies wide from Harlowe-place.

意味（8）

(obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.

And I trust anon by the help of an infallible guide, to perfect such Prutenic tables, as shall mend the astronomy of our wide expositors.

意味（9）

(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

意味（10）

(Scotland, slang) Antagonistic, provocative.

wider （ comparative ）

widest （ superlative ）