wide meaning
EN
[waɪd] [-aɪd] 
US UK WWide
- WIDE or Wide may refer to:
- Wide (cricket)
- Wide and narrow data, terms used to describe two different presentations for tabular data
- Web integrated development environment
- Wide-angle Infinity Display Equipment
- WIDE-LP, a radio station (99.1 FM) licensed to Madison, Wisconsin
- WIDE Project, Widely Integrated Distributed Environment
- Women in Development Europe
- NounPLwidesSUF-wide
- AdjectiveCOMwiderSUPwidest
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- We walked down a wide corridor.
- 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.
- (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
- That team needs a decent wide player.
- 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.
- (phonetics, dated) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
- Remote; distant; far.
- (obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
- (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
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- AdverbCOMwiderSUPwidest
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- She takes after her grandmother with her wide eyes and quiet disposition.
- Our cat always gives the vacuum cleaner a wide berth.
- A few bright and beautiful stars gemmed the wide concave of heaven [ … ] .
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Arsenal lacked urgency and inspiration until shortly before half-time, Wheater's block denying Van Persie from close range before Walcott drilled wide.
- Their only shot of the first period was a long-range strike from top-scorer Ebanks-Blake which trickled tamely wide.
- For example, beverages other than water should be served in tall, skinny glasses; studies show that even professional bartenders overpour when the glass is short and wide.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of wide in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- en widely
- en widest
- en wider
- en widespread
- en widen
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "wide" is an adjective. It's also an adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.