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noun
The state or quality of being wide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Large extent or expanse; breadth, broadness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
unusual largeness in size or extent or number
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: largeness, bigness
Narrower terms: enormity
noun
the property of being wide; having great width
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: broadness
Antonyms: narrowness
Broader terms: width, breadth
Narrower terms: thickness, heaviness
History
Inherited from Middle English wydnesse, from Old English wīdnes (“width, wideness”), equivalent to wide + -ness.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
