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  • 1wide — wideness, n. /wuyd/, adj., wider, widest, adv., n. adj. 1. having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad: a wide boulevard. 2. having a certain or specified extent from side to side: three feet wide. 3. of great horizontal extent;… …

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  • 2wide — [[t]waɪd[/t]] adj. wid•er, wid•est, adv. 1) of great extent from side to side; broad: a wide street[/ex] 2) having a specified extent from side to side: three feet wide[/ex] 3) vast; spacious: the wide plains[/ex] 4) of great range or scope: a… …

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  • 3wide — 1 /waId/ adjective 1 DISTANCE a) measuring a large distance from one side to the other: a hat with a wide brim opposite narrow 1 (1) b) five metres/two miles etc wide measuring five metres etc from one side to the other: The door s three feet… …

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  • 4wide — /waɪd / (say wuyd) adjective (wider, widest) 1. having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad; not narrow. 2. having a certain or specified extent from side to side: three metres wide. 3. of great horizontal extent; extensive;… …

  • 5wide´ness — wide «wyd», adjective, wid|er, wid|est, adverb, noun. –adj. 1. filling more space from side to side than the usual thing of the same sort; not narrow; broad: »a wide street, a wide hall …

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  • 6shot — noun 1 act of firing a gun ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, fine, good, well placed ▪ clean ▪ He killed them with a clean shot to their heads. ▪ …

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  • 10The United States of America —     The United States of America     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America     BOUNDARIES AND AREA     On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …

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