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Over a great distance or large area; nearly everywhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
over great areas or distances; everywhere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he traveled far and wide
- the news spread far and wide
- people came from far and near
- searched for the child far and near
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: far and near
Antonyms: none provided
From Middle English fer and wide (“far and wide”). Compare Middle English wide and side, widen and siden (“far and wide”), from Old English wīde and sīde (“far and wide”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
到處 /到处
(dàochù)
— over a great distance or large area
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Dutch:
wijd en zijd
— over a great distance or large area
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Finnish:
laajalti
— over a great distance or large area
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French:
partout
— over a great distance or large area
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Italian:
in lungo e in largo
— over a great distance or large area
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Latin:
vagē
— over a great distance or large area
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Polish:
wzdłuż i wszerz
— over a great distance or large area
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Romanian:
în lung și în lat
— over a great distance or large area
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Sanskrit:
बृहत्
(bṛhat)
— over a great distance or large area
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Scottish Gaelic:
fad is farsaing
— over a great distance or large area
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Spanish:
por todas partes
— over a great distance or large area