adj
Meaning 1
Completely open.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The front door was wide open.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
wide open
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adj
Meaning 2
Having no laws or law enforcement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- It was a wide open frontier town before the railroad came.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Unsettled or unresolved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 4
Vulnerable or unprotected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- He left himself wide open to criticism.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Without the presence of opponents nearby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- He was wide open and scored easily after receiving the pass.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bids and asking prices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: широко отворен (široko otvoren) — open completely
- Catalan: de bat a bat — open completely
- Czech: dokořán — open completely
- Danish: vidåben — open completely
- Finnish: apposen auki — open completely
- Finnish: ammollaan — open completely
- French: grand ouvert — open completely
- Greek: ορθάνοιχτος (orthánoichtos) — open completely
- Ingrian: ammillaa — open completely
- Norwegian Bokmål: vidåpen — open completely
- Polish: otwarty na oścież — open completely
- Russian: настежь (nastežʹ) — open completely
- Spanish: de par en par — open completely
- Swedish: vidöppen — open completely
- Finnish: villi — lawless
- Polish: samowolny — lawless
- Swedish: laglös — lawless
- Swedish: vild — lawless
- Bulgarian: оспорван (osporvan) — unresolved
- Finnish: avoinna — unresolved
- French: incertain — unresolved
- Polish: niepewny — unresolved
- Swedish: vidöppen — unresolved
- Bulgarian: незащитен (nezaštiten) — vulnerable
- Finnish: altis — vulnerable
- Polish: odsłonięty — vulnerable
- Swedish: vidöppen — vulnerable
- Polish: z szerokimi widełkami — spread between bid and ask