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Collocations for wide - adj.

1. covering a large area or range

VERBS

be, seem
become

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
a very wide range of clothing
enormously, exceptionally, extraordinarily, remarkably, unusually
increasingly
reasonably, relatively
sufficiently
surprisingly

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PHRASES

far and wide
People came from far and wide for the show.

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2. fully open

VERBS

be
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.

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ADVERB

extremely, really, very

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PREPOSITION

with
Their eyes were wide with fear.

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3. not close

VERBS

be
fall, land

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ADVERB

very
just

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PREPOSITION

of
Her shot fell just wide of the target.

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PHRASES

wide of the mark (= not accurate)
Their predictions turned out to be very wide of the mark.

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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

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Collocations for wide - adv.

Wide is used with these adjectives:
awake, open

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Wide is used with these verbs:
fire, open

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