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Dictionary: wide   (wīd) pronunciation
 
adj., wid·er, wid·est.
    1. Having a specified extent from side to side: a ribbon two inches wide.
    2. Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad: a wide road; a wide necktie.
  1. Having great extent or range; including much or many: a wide selection; granting wide powers; wide variations.
  2. Fully open or extended: look with wide eyes.
    1. To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal: a shot that was wide of the target.
    2. Baseball. Outside.
    3. Sports. Being near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field.
  3. Deviating or straying from something expected or specified: a remark that was wide of the truth.
  4. Linguistics. Lax.
adv., wider, widest.
  1. Over a great distance; extensively: traveled far and wide.
  2. To the full extent; completely.
  3. To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.
  4. Sports. Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area: ran wide to catch a pass.
n. Sports.

A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.

[Middle English, from Old English wīd.]

widely wide'ly adv.
wideness wide'ness n.
widish wid'ish adj.
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adjective

  1. Extending over a large area from side to side: broad. See wide/narrow.
  2. Of full measure; not narrow or restricted: ample, capacious, full, voluminous. See tighten/loosen.

 
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adj

Definition: expansive, roomy
Antonyms: cramped, narrow, restricted

adj

Definition: off-course
Antonyms: on-course, straight


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Large from side to side.

pronunciation The castle's doorway was eight-feet wide.

 
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For other uses of the word or acronym, see WIDE.

In the sport of cricket, a wide is one of two things:

  • The event of a ball being delivered by a bowler too wide or high to be hit by the batsman, and ruled so by the umpire.
  • A run scored by the batting team as a penalty to the bowling team when this occurs.

A wide does not count as one of the six balls in an over and it doesn't count as a ball faced by the batsman.

When a wide is bowled, a number of runs are awarded to the batting team, the number varying depending on local playing conditions in force. In Test cricket the award is one run; in some domestic competitions, particularly one-day cricket competitions, the award is two runs. These runs are scored as extras and are added to the team's total, but are not added to any batsman's total.

A batsman can not, by definition, be out bowled, leg before wicket, caught, or hit the ball twice off a wide, as a ball cannot be ruled as a wide if the ball strikes the batsman's bat or person. He may be out handled the ball, hit wicket, obstructing the field, run out, or stumped.

If the wicket-keeper fumbles or misses the ball, the batsmen may be able to take additional runs safely, and may choose to do so. The number of runs scored are scored as wides, not byes.

If the wicket-keeper misses the ball and it travels all the way to the boundary, the batting team immediately scores five wides, similarly as if the ball had been hit to the boundary for a four on a no ball.

If a ball qualifies as a no ball as well as a wide, the umpire will call it a no ball instead of a wide, and all the rules for a no ball apply.

Wides are considered to be the fault of the bowler, and are recorded as a negative statistic in a bowler's record. However, this has only been the case since the early 1980's - the first Test to record wides (and no-balls) against the bowler's analyses was India vs Pakistan in September, 1983.

Wides are not uncommon. A typical number occurring in a game might be in the range 5-20.

The baseball equivalent of a wide is a called "ball", in the sense that each is judged to be an "unfair" or "unhittable" delivery by the umpire.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bred, stor, vid, omfattende, udstrakt, snedig
adv. - vidt, bredt, forbi, langt, ved siden af
n. - forbier

idioms:

  • give a wide berth    gå langt udenom
  • go wide    gå ved siden af, gå forbi
  • wide awake    lysvågen
  • wide open    vidt åben

Nederlands (Dutch)
breed, wijd, uitgebreid, mis

Français (French)
adj. - large, grand, vaste, à côté (balle), (fig) loin de, (Sport) balle (perdue)
adv. - sur une vaste étendue, grand, complètement
n. - (Sport) balle perdue (cricket)

idioms:

  • give someone a wide berth    éviter qn/qch
  • go wide    manquer le but, rater la cible
  • wide awake    complètement éveillé
  • wide open    grand ouvert

Deutsch (German)
adj. - weit, breit, umfassend, liberal, weit geöffnet, (Slang) gerissen
adv. - weit, breit, weit daneben
n. - für den Schläger unerreichbarer Ball, Weite

idioms:

  • give someone a wide berth    einen weiten Bogen machen
  • go wide    danebentreffen
  • wide awake    hellwach, wachsam, (ugs.) gewitzt
  • wide open    weit, weit geöffnet

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευρύς, πλατύς, φαρδύς, αχανής, μεγάλος, ορθάνοικτος, διάπλατα, μακρινός, έξω, άστοχος
adv. - πλατιά, φαρδιά, μακριά, εντελώς, διάπλατα, πολύ
n. - ο κόσμος ολόκληρος
pref. - ευρύς

idioms:

  • give a wide berth    αποφεύγω επίμονα, κρατιέμαι σε απόσταση από
  • go wide    είμαι εντελώς άστοχος, πέφτω μακριά από το στόχο
  • wide awake    εντελώς ξύπνιος, τετραπέρατος, ανοιχτομάτης
  • wide open    ορθάνοιχτος, ακάλυπτος, διάτρητος

Italiano (Italian)
largo, vasto, ampio, esteso, ampiamente

idioms:

  • go wide    mancare il bersaglio
  • wide awake    sveglio, cappello ad ala
  • wide open    spalancato, incerto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - largo, amplo
adv. - largamente
n. - amplidão (f)

idioms:

  • go wide    alargar
  • wide awake    bem acordado
  • wide open    totalmente aberto

Русский (Russian)
широкий, имеющий такую-то ширину, обширный, просторный (об одежде), широко открытый, хитрый, широко, повсюду, настежь, невпопад, простор

idioms:

  • go wide    промахнуться
  • wide awake    бодрствующий, "сна ни в одном глазу", бдительный, пронырливый, своего не упустит
  • wide open    распахнутый, раскрытый настежь, открытый для неограниченной продажи спиртных напитков

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ancho, vasto, muy abierto, extenso, lejos, ilimitado, holgado
adv. - extensamente, lejos, de par en par, a gran distancia, anchamente
n. - (criquet) pelota lanzada fuera del alcance del bateador

idioms:

  • give someone a wide berth    evitar a alguien, mantenerse apartado, no ir cerca de (alguien o algo)
  • go wide    no dar en el blanco, no hacer efecto
  • wide awake    completamente despierto, espabilado, despabilado
  • wide open    abierto de par en par

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bred, vid, rymlig, stor
adv. - vida, långt från målet
n. - sned boll (kricket)
pref. - vid-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
宽的, 普遍的, 广阔的, 广阔地, 广泛地, 遍及各处地, 广大的世界

idioms:

  • give a wide berth    躲避, 别接近
  • go wide    未达目标或目的, 远离目标地
  • wide awake    十分清醒的, 机敏的
  • wide open    完全开放的, 取缔不严的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 寬的, 普遍的, 廣闊的
adv. - 廣闊地, 廣泛地, 遍及各處地
n. - 廣大的世界

idioms:

  • give a wide berth    躲避, 別接近
  • go wide    未達目標或目的, 遠離目標地
  • wide awake    十分清醒的, 機敏的
  • wide open    完全開放的, 取締不嚴的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 폭 넓은, 다방면의
adv. - 널리, 완전히, 엉뚱하게
n. - (크리켓) 폭투 이로 인해 타자측에 주어지는 1점, 넓은 곳

idioms:

  • give a wide berth    ~에서 멀리 떨어져서 정박하다, ~을 경원하다
  • go wide    돈을 마음껏 쓰다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 幅の広い, 幅が…の, 広い, 広大な, いっぱいに開いた, 見当違いの, 遠く外れた
adv. - 広く, 広く開いて, 遠く外れて, 見当違いに

idioms:

  • go wide    広がる
  • wide awake    すっかり目が覚めて, 油断なく
  • wide of the mark    的を外して, 見当違いで
  • wide open    全開

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) واسع, عريض, متسع, شامل, رحيب, فسيح, ذو عرض معين, هائل, مفتوح على مدى (ظرف) بعيدا, إلى مدى بعيد, تماما (الاسم) ارسال كرة بعيدة عن الهدف في لعبه الكريكت (بادئه الكلمه) واسع, عريض, متسع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רחב, נרחב, ממולח, ערמומי, רחוק מהמטרה, רחוק מהאמת, מחטיא מטרה, ליברלי, פתוח לרווחה, רחוק, כללי, לא מוגדר‬
adv. - ‮על פני שטח נרחב, במלואו, רחוק מהמטרה‬
n. - ‮רחבי העולם‬


 
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