Wider

Word WIDER
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈwaɪdə/

Definitions and meanings of "Wider"

What do we mean by wider?

Having a large physical extent from side to side.

Large in scope.

Operating at the side of the playing area.

On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

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

(now rare) Vast, great in extent, extensive.

Located some distance away; distant, far.

Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.

Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.

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The word "wider" in example sentences

But amid rising demands for U.S. troop pullout, the Bush Administration is launching a new campaign to sell the war as part what it calls a wider conflict against a global enemy. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Mr Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, explicitly links this move to what he calls a "wider movement" of ideological aggression by the commission, including proposals for a financial transactions tax across Europe. ❋ Unknown (2011)

More details on that -- as well as which movies are the steadiest performers of the season and how Hilary Swank's latest did in wider release -- in this week's box office rundown. ❋ Jen Chaney (2010)

The 10-year Irish/German yield spread tested new highs of 460 basis points, 19 points wider from the previous day. ❋ Andrea Tryphonides (2010)

The 'not really a thriller' documentaryCatfishis doing okay in wider release, as it grossed $600,000 for the weekend for a current total of $1.6 million on 137 screens thus far. ❋ Scott Mendelson (2010)

This is what a lack of discipline at home, at school and in wider society has wrought. ❋ Not A Sheep (2009)

They are the same price and wider is better for these slings. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Briefing notes show the Y-shaped line will cost around £ 11.2 billion to build and £ 1.25 billion a year to run, but will deliver around £ 15 billion more in wider transport benefits and £ 10 billion more in revenue than the S-shaped option. ❋ Ainsley Thomson (2010)

The remarks represent some of China's most substantive support for the euro zone amid the region's debt troubles, and reflect the Asian giant's growing willingness to wield its economic clout to obtain wider international influence. ❋ Nick Skrekas (2010)

Trees in wider roads also create a perception of narrowness without actually creating narrow roads. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nothing past the 80s, and mostly books that are at least known in wider pop culture. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But it also takes in wider Lib Dem policy and prospects. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Its meanings in wider Kaskazi descendant languages were tied in less specific terms to name a women. 32 Based on its breadth of generalized meanings in Kaskazi languages, including areas outside of the Lakes languages, it likely emerged in the first half of the last millennium BCE meaning "woman or female," and later took on more nuanced meanings such as those in the Lakes and Northeast-Coastal Bantu examples. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Lives not alone, nor for itself (II: 26-27) — that although lilies, clouds, worms and human beings are (as individuals) impermanent, they sustain wider networks of life that do not pass away. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And while quietly pervading the technology behind our daily lives, the principles of giant magnetoresistance are now being used to tackle problems in wider fields, for instance in the selective separation of genetic material. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I think the only real reason that this hasn't been hailed in wider circles as a feminist horror movie is because feminist analysts don't like the idea of the gore-filled peril being a woman's direct and unequivocal fault. ❋ Moriarty6 (2007)

I would love to buy a pair in wider leg for dress. ❋ Unknown (2007)

You bring in wider issues regarding the regulation of the sex industry too. ❋ Newmania (2007)

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