Wide vs. Large

Wideadjective

Having a large physical extent from side to side.

‘We walked down a wide corridor.’;

Largeadjective

Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.

‘Russia is a large country.’; ‘The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size.’; ‘He has a large collection of stamps.’;

Wideadjective

Large in scope.

‘The inquiry had a wide remit.’;

Largeadjective

(obsolete) Abundant; ample.

Wideadjective

(sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.

‘That team needs a decent wide player.’;

Largeadjective

(archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.

Wideadjective

On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

Largeadjective

(obsolete) Free; unencumbered.

Wideadjective

Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.

Largeadjective

(obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.

Wideadjective

Vast, great in extent, extensive.

‘The wide, lifeless expanse.’;

Largeadjective

(nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

Wideadjective

Remote; distant; far.

‘The hut was not wide from the sea.’; ‘The cabin is not wide from the lake.’;

Largenoun

An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

Wideadjective

(obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.

Largenoun

(obsolete) Liberality, generosity.

Wideadjective

(computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.

‘a wide character; a wide stream’;

Largenoun

A thousand dollars/pounds.

‘Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.’;

Wideadverb

extensively

‘He travelled far and wide.’;

Largenoun

A large serving of something.

‘One small coffee and two larges, please.’;

Wideadverb

completely

‘He was wide awake.’;

Largeadverb

(nautical) Before the wind.

Wideadverb

away from a given goal

‘The arrow fell wide of the mark.’;

Largeadjective

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; - opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.

Wideadverb

So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

Largeadjective

Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.

‘We have yet large day.’;

Widenoun

(cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score

Largeadjective

Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.

‘I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.’;

Wideadjective

Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.

‘The chambers and the stables weren wyde.’; ‘Wide is the gate . . . that leadeth to destruction.’;

Largeadjective

Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; - said of the mind and heart.

Wideadjective

Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.

‘For sceptered cynics earth were far too wide a den.’; ‘When the wide bloom, on earth that lies,Seems of a brighter world than ours.’;

Largeadjective

Free; unembarrassed.

‘Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.’;

Wideadjective

Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.

‘Men of strongest head and widest culture.’;

Largeadjective

Unrestrained by decorum; - said of language.

Wideadjective

Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide.

Largeadjective

Prodigal in expending; lavish.

Wideadjective

Remote; distant; far.

‘The contrary being so wide from the truth of Scripture and the attributes of God.’;

Largeadjective

Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; - said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

Wideadjective

Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.

‘It is far wide that the people have such judgments.’; ‘How wide is all this long pretense !’;

Largeadverb

Freely; licentiously.

Wideadjective

On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

‘Surely he shoots wide on the bow hand.’; ‘I was but two bows wide.’;

Largenoun

A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.

Wideadjective

Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; - opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of ē (ēve) is ĭ (ĭll); of ā (āte) is ĕ (ĕnd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, 13-15.

Largenoun

a garment size for a large person

Wideadjective

Having or showing a wide difference between the highest and lowest price, amount of supply, etc.; as, a wide opening; wide prices, where the prices bid and asked differ by several points.

Largeadjective

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

‘a large city’; ‘set out for the big city’; ‘a large sum’; ‘a big (or large) barn’; ‘a large family’; ‘big businesses’; ‘a big expenditure’; ‘a large number of newspapers’; ‘a big group of scientists’; ‘large areas of the world’;

Wideadverb

To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.

‘[I] went wyde in this world, wonders to hear.’;

Largeadjective

fairly large or important in effect; influential;

‘played a large role in the negotiations’;

Wideadverb

So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

Largeadjective

large enough to be visible to the naked eye

Wideadverb

So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.

Largeadjective

ostentatiously lofty in style;

‘a man given to large talk’; ‘tumid political prose’;

Widenoun

That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.

Largeadjective

generous and understanding and tolerant;

‘a heart big enough to hold no grudges’; ‘that's very big of you to be so forgiving’; ‘a large and generous spirit’; ‘a large heart’; ‘magnanimous toward his enemies’;

Widenoun

That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.

Largeadjective

conspicuous in position or importance;

‘a big figure in the movement’; ‘big man on campus’; ‘he's very large in financial circles’; ‘a prominent citizen’;

Wideadjective

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;

‘wide roads’; ‘a wide necktie’; ‘wide margins’; ‘three feet wide’; ‘a river two miles broad’; ‘broad shoulders’; ‘a broad river’;

Largeadjective

having broad power and range and scope;

‘taking the large view’; ‘a large effect’; ‘a large sympathy’;

Wideadjective

broad in scope or content;

‘across-the-board pay increases’; ‘an all-embracing definition’; ‘blanket sanctions against human-rights violators’; ‘an invention with broad applications’; ‘a panoptic study of Soviet nationality’; ‘granted him wide powers’;

Largeadjective

in an advanced stage of pregnancy;

‘was big with child’; ‘was great with child’;

Wideadjective

(used of eyes) fully open or extended;

‘listened in round-eyed wonder’; ‘stared with wide eyes’;

Largeadverb

at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)

Wideadjective

very large in expanse or scope;

‘a broad lawn’; ‘the wide plains’; ‘a spacious view’; ‘spacious skies’;

Largeadverb

with the wind abaft the beam;

‘a ship sailing large’;

Wideadjective

great in degree;

‘won by a wide margin’;

Largeadverb

in a boastful manner;

‘he talked big all evening’;

Wideadjective

great in range or scope;

‘an extended vocabulary’; ‘surgeons with extended experience’; ‘extensive examples of picture writing’; ‘suffered extensive damage’; ‘a wide selection’;

Largeadjective

of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity

‘add a large clove of garlic’; ‘the concert attracted large crowds’; ‘the jumper comes in small, medium, and large sizes’;

Wideadjective

having ample fabric;

‘the current taste for wide trousers’; ‘a full skirt’;

Largeadjective

pursuing a commercial activity on a significant scale

‘many large investors are likely to take a different view’;

Wideadjective

not on target;

‘the kick was wide’; ‘the arrow was wide of the mark’; ‘a claim that was wide of the truth’;

Largeadjective

of wide range or scope

‘we can afford to take a larger view of the situation’;

Wideadverb

with or by a broad space;

‘stand with legs wide apart’; ‘ran wide around left end’;

Largeverb

enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music

‘he's known in clubland for his capacity for larging it’;

Wideadverb

to the fullest extent possible;

‘open your eyes wide’; ‘with the throttle wide open’;

Largeadverb

another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb)

Wideadverb

far from the intended target;

‘the arrow went wide of the mark’; ‘a bullet went astray and killed a bystander’;

Wideadverb

to or over a great extent or range; far;

‘wandered wide through many lands’; ‘he traveled widely’;

Wideadjective

of great or more than average width

‘a wide road’;

Wideadjective

(after a measurement and in questions) from side to side

‘how wide do you think this house is?’; ‘it measures 15 cm long by 12 cm wide’;

Wideadjective

open to the full extent

‘his eyes were wide with fear’;

Wideadjective

considerable

‘tax revenues have undershot Treasury projections by a wide margin’;

Wideadjective

including a great variety of people or things

‘a wide range of opinion’; ‘his wide circle of friends’;

Wideadjective

spread among a large number of people or over a large area

‘the government's desire for wider share ownership’;

Wideadjective

considering or dealing with the more general aspects of a situation, issue, etc.

‘the wider implications of the dispute’;

Wideadjective

extending over the whole of

‘an industry-wide trend’;

Wideadjective

at a considerable or specified distance from an intended point or target

‘the ball was wide of the leg stump’;

Wideadjective

(especially in soccer) at or near the side of the field

‘he played in a wide left position’;

Wideadverb

to the full extent

‘his eyes opened wide’;

Wideadverb

far from a particular or intended point or target

‘his final touchline conversion drifted wide’;

Wideadverb

(especially in football) at or near the side of the field

‘he will play wide on the right’;

Widenoun

a ball that is judged to be too wide of the stumps for the batsman to play, for which an extra is awarded to the batting side.