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(wĭdth, wĭth, wĭtth) pronunciation
n.
  1. The state, quality, or fact of being wide.
  2. The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
  3. A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension or its crosswise grain, especially a piece of fabric measured from selvage to selvage.

[WIDE + -TH2.]


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noun

    The extent of something from side to side: breadth, broadness, wideness. See wide/narrow.


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Definition: breadth, wideness of some amount
Antonyms: height, tallness

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IN BRIEF: The shorter side of something. Also: The largeness of area.

pronunciation I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. — Diane Ackerman.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bredde, vidde, spændvidde

Nederlands (Dutch)
breedte, baan (stof), reikwijdte

Français (French)
n. - (Mes) largeur, (Tex) lé, largeur (d'une piscine)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Breite, Weite, großer Umfang, Bahn

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εύρος, πλάτος, φάρδος, (μτφ.) έκταση, κλίμακα

Italiano (Italian)
larghezza, altezza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - largura (f)

Русский (Russian)
ширина, широта (взглядов), полотнище

Español (Spanish)
n. - ancho, anchura, amplitud, envergadura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bredd, vidd, utsträckning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
宽度, 广博, 宽广

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 寬度, 廣博, 寬廣

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 폭 , 넓음, 일정한 너비의 직물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 幅, 広さ, 一定幅の生地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عرض, اتساع, نطاق, سعه, رحابه, شمول, امتداد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רוחב, חתיכה (ברוחב מסויים)‬


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