Collocations for wide - adj.
1. covering a large area or range
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
a very wide range of clothing
a very wide range of clothing
enormously,
exceptionally,
extraordinarily,
remarkably,
unusually
increasingly
reasonably, relatively
sufficiently
surprisingly
increasingly
reasonably, relatively
sufficiently
surprisingly
2. fully open
VERBS
be
go, grow
His eyes grew wide.
go, grow
His eyes grew wide.
fling sth,
open sth,
spread sth
He stood up and flung wide the door to the study.
Open your mouth really wide.
He spread his hands wide in appeal.
He stood up and flung wide the door to the study.
Open your mouth really wide.
He spread his hands wide in appeal.
3. not close
PHRASES
wide of the mark
(= not accurate)
Their predictions turned out to be very wide of the mark.
Their predictions turned out to be very wide of the mark.
Wide is used with these nouns:
acceptance, acclaim, angle, appeal, application, arc, area, array, assortment, audience, availability, avenue, belt, bend, border, boulevard, brim, brow, chasm, chimney, choice, circle, circulation, consultation, corridor, cover, coverage, crack, cross section, currency, curriculum, curve, definition, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, discretion, disparity, distribution, ditch, diversity, door, entrance, expanse, experience, eye, flight, fluctuation, foot, forehead, gallery, gamut, gap, grin, groove, group, gulf, hallway, highway, hip, influence, interest, interpretation, interval, knowledge, lapel, latitude, ledge, margin, measure, mouth, network, opening, pavement, pelvis, popularity, prairie, publicity, range, reach, recognition, repercussion, repertoire, ribbon, river, road, scale, scope, screen, selection, sense, shoulder, sidewalk, sky, sleeve, smile, span, spectrum, spread, stair, staircase, stance, strap, street, stretch, strip, stripe, support, sweep, swing, topic, track, tunnel, turn, use, valley, variability, variation, variety, vision, vocabulary, window, world, zone
acceptance, acclaim, angle, appeal, application, arc, area, array, assortment, audience, availability, avenue, belt, bend, border, boulevard, brim, brow, chasm, chimney, choice, circle, circulation, consultation, corridor, cover, coverage, crack, cross section, currency, curriculum, curve, definition, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, discretion, disparity, distribution, ditch, diversity, door, entrance, expanse, experience, eye, flight, fluctuation, foot, forehead, gallery, gamut, gap, grin, groove, group, gulf, hallway, highway, hip, influence, interest, interpretation, interval, knowledge, lapel, latitude, ledge, margin, measure, mouth, network, opening, pavement, pelvis, popularity, prairie, publicity, range, reach, recognition, repercussion, repertoire, ribbon, river, road, scale, scope, screen, selection, sense, shoulder, sidewalk, sky, sleeve, smile, span, spectrum, spread, stair, staircase, stance, strap, street, stretch, strip, stripe, support, sweep, swing, topic, track, tunnel, turn, use, valley, variability, variation, variety, vision, vocabulary, window, world, zone