1 great in extent, especially from side to side: “wide streets”
breed, wijd

2 being a certain distance from one side to the other: “This material is three metres wide”
breed

3 great or large: “He won by a wide margin.”
ruim

4 covering a large and varied range of subjects etc: “a wide experience of teaching.”
ruim
with a great distance from top to bottom or side to side: “He opened his eyes wide.”
wijd

'widely (Bijwoord)

wijd

'widen (Werkwoord)

to make, or become, wide or wider: “They have widened the road”
verwijden

'wideness (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

wijdte

width (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

1 size from side to side: “What is the width of this material?”
breedte

2 the state of being wide.
wijdte

'wide-'ranging (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

(of interests etc) covering a large number of subjects etc.
van grote omvang

'widespread (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

spread over a large area or among many people: “widespread hunger and disease.”
wijdverspreid

give a wide berth (to)

to keep well away from: “I give people with colds a wide berth / give a wide berth to people with colds.”
met een grote boog omheen lopen

wide apart

a great (or greater than average) distance away from one another: “He held his hands wide apart.”
ver uit elkaar

wide awake

fully awake.
klaarwakker

wide open

fully open: “The door was wide open”
wijdopen
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the wide	de uitgebreid (v)
wide (bnw.)	grootschalig (bnw.)
wide	in details ; overvloedig ; rijkelijk ; royaal ; ruim ; ruimschoots ; scheutig ; uitgewerkt ; wijd ; breed ; breedvoerig ; groot ; uitgestrekt ; wijd

Bronnen: Wakefield genealogy pages; Tecdic.com; interglot; Vlietstra; A.M.T.S.




EN: all-embracing
EN: broad
EN: cavernous
EN: far-reaching
EN: general
EN: huge
EN: wide open
EN: wide-ranging
EN: widespread
EN: yawning

EN: he had a wide appeal NL: hij vond in brede kring gehoor
EN: wide ball NL: bal die naast gaat
EN: give a wide berth to NL: mijden NL: links laten liggen
EN: wide of the mark NL: ver mis
EN: go wide NL: missen
EN: shoot wide NL: misschieten
EN: to the wide NL: volkomen
EN: done to the wide NL: doodop