Collocations for "wide"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wide" in context.
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wide
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a wide [range, variety, selection] of
- wide [trucks, rivers, roads, feet]
- is [four inches, three miles] wide
- [extra, too, very] wide
- a wide [screen, format] (TV)
- [store, company] -wide [sale, discounts]
- [target, reach, attract] a wide audience
- his eyes were wide with [fear, surprise, shock]
- (stood there) wide-eyed
- her [answer, guess, theory] was wide of the mark
- the [window, competition, field] is wide open
- I was wide awake
- [look, search, reach] far and wide
- opened her [eyes, mouth, ears] wide
- the [shot, penalty] went wide
- a wide [range, variety, selection] of
- wide [trucks, rivers, roads, feet]
- is [four inches, three miles] wide
- [extra, too, very] wide
- the [window, competition, field] is wide open
- wide-open [space, room, field]
- a wide-angle [lens, image, photograph]
- world-wide [brands, efforts, beliefs]
- a wide [screen, format] (TV)
- I was wide awake
- [far, deep] and wide
- [look, search, reach] far and wide
- [store, company] -wide [sale, discounts]
- [target, reach, attract] a wide audience
- opened her [eyes, mouth, ears] wide
- his eyes were wide with [fear, surprise, shock]
- (stood there) wide-eyed
- her [answer, guess, theory] was wide of the mark
- the [shot, penalty] went wide
'wide' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
about
- abreast
- accommodate
- across
- aisle
- angle
- array
- assortment
- awake
- awe
- banking
- berth
- bookcase
- bookshelf
- bust
- caution
- ceiling
- choice
- circle
- city
- comb
- compass
- corridor
- curriculum
- defense
- dishwasher
- domain
- doorway
- driveway
- embroidery
- encompass
- eye
- far
- field
- filling
- fish
- fit
- foot
- forehead
- framework
- gap
- geography
- gorge
- hall
- head
- hip
- hole
- inch
- jaw
- kick