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Word entry · 4 letters

wide

Best crossword clue

"Broad across"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /waɪd/Part of speech adjective, adverbSorted deiwStarts with WEnds with E3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Broad, not narrow, or extending over a large distance.

Word origin

From Middle English wid, wyd, from Old English wīd (“wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far”), from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to divide, separate”), a dissimilated univerbation from *dwi- (“apart, asunder, in two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”).

Used in a sentence

  • We walked down a wide corridor.
  • Over a wider region either side of the path of totality, a partial eclipse is seen.
  • Former Vice President Joe Biden's lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president has rebounded, and now stands at its widest margin since April, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Broad across4 letters
02Not narrow4 letters
03Across a large distance4 letters

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