noun
Meaning 1
The state of being wide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
width
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Pronunciation
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/ˈwɪtθ/
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/ˈwɪdθ/
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/ˈwɪθ/
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[wɪd̪θ]
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CMU ARPABET: W IH1 D TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- Manchester United like to play with width.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the extent of something from side to side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breadth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dimension
Narrower terms: wideness, broadness, beam, narrowness
History
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh1 From wide + -th (abstract nominal suffix), possibly by analogy with Old Norse vídd (“width”), though this is unlikely, as the word is not attested before the end of the 16th century and was historically unknown in Scots and the traditional dialect of Northern England, where one would expect Old Norse influence to be the strongest (these varieties traditionally employed wideness instead). Replaced Middle English wide, wyde (“width”).
Across languages
Translations
139 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bashkir: киңлек (kiñlek) — state of being wide
- Central Bikol: lakbang — state of being wide
- Bulgarian: широчина (širočina) — state of being wide
- Esperanto: larĝeco — state of being wide
- Finnish: leveys — state of being wide
- Finnish: laajuus — state of being wide
- French: grandeur — state of being wide
- Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌹 (braidei) — state of being wide
- Italian: larghezza — state of being wide
- Latvian: platums — state of being wide
- Luganda: obugazi — state of being wide
- Nepali: चौडा (cauḍā) — state of being wide
- Nepali: चाक्लो (cāklo) — state of being wide
- Old English: brǣdu — state of being wide
- Old English: wīdnes — state of being wide
- Ossetian: фӕтӕн (fætæn) — state of being wide
- Plautdietsch: Wied — state of being wide
- Portuguese: largura — state of being wide
- Romanian: lărgime — state of being wide
- Russian: ширина́ (širiná) — state of being wide
- Russian: широта́ (širotá) — state of being wide
- Serbo-Croatian: ширина — state of being wide
- Serbo-Croatian: širina — state of being wide
- Spanish: anchura — state of being wide
- Spanish: ancheza — state of being wide
- Swahili: upana — state of being wide
- Tamil: அகலம் (akalam) — state of being wide
- Turkish: genişlik — state of being wide
- Turkish: en — state of being wide
- Zazaki: herayey (diq) — state of being wide
- Abkhaz: аҭбаара (atbaara) — measurement of something from side to side
- Albanian: gjerësi — measurement of something from side to side
- Southern Altai: ээн (een) — measurement of something from side to side
- Southern Altai: кеҥ (keŋ) — measurement of something from side to side
- Southern Altai: јалбак (ǰalbak) — measurement of something from side to side
- Southern Altai: туура (tuura) — measurement of something from side to side
- Amharic: ስፋት (səfat) — measurement of something from side to side
- Arabic: عَرْض (ʕarḍ) — measurement of something from side to side
- Aramaic: ܦܬܝܐ (pitā) — measurement of something from side to side
- Armenian: լայնություն (laynutʻyun) — measurement of something from side to side
- Aromanian: lãrdzimi — measurement of something from side to side
- Assamese: পথালি (pothali) — measurement of something from side to side
- Assamese: পুতল (putol) — measurement of something from side to side
- Azerbaijani: genişlik — measurement of something from side to side
- Azerbaijani: en — measurement of something from side to side
- Bashkir: киңлек (kiñlek) — measurement of something from side to side
- Bashkir: иң (iñ) — measurement of something from side to side
- Basque: zabalera — measurement of something from side to side
- Belarusian: шырыня́ (šyrynjá) — measurement of something from side to side
- Bengali: পানা (pana) — measurement of something from side to side
- Biatah Bidayuh: ibar — measurement of something from side to side
- Bulgarian: широчина́ (širočiná) — measurement of something from side to side
- Bulgarian: ширина́ (širiná) — measurement of something from side to side
- Burmese: အနံ (a.nam) — measurement of something from side to side
- Cebuano: gilapdon — measurement of something from side to side
- Chinese Mandarin: 寬度 /宽度 (kuāndù) — measurement of something from side to side
- Czech: šířka — measurement of something from side to side
- Danish: bredde — measurement of something from side to side
- Dutch: breedte — measurement of something from side to side
- Esperanto: larĝo — measurement of something from side to side
- Estonian: laius — measurement of something from side to side
- Faroese: vídd — measurement of something from side to side
- Finnish: leveys — measurement of something from side to side
- French: largeur — measurement of something from side to side
- Georgian: სიგანე (sigane) — measurement of something from side to side
- German: Breite — measurement of something from side to side
- German: Weite — measurement of something from side to side
- Greek: πλάτος (plátos) — measurement of something from side to side
- Ancient Greek: εὖρος (eûros) — measurement of something from side to side
- Hebrew: רוחב \ רֹחַב (rókhav) — measurement of something from side to side
- Hindi: चौड़ाई (cauṛāī) — measurement of something from side to side
- Hungarian: szélesség — measurement of something from side to side
- Icelandic: breidd — measurement of something from side to side
- Indonesian: lebar — measurement of something from side to side
- Irish: leithead — measurement of something from side to side
- Italian: larghezza — measurement of something from side to side
- Japanese: 幅 (haba) — measurement of something from side to side
- Japanese: 巾 (haba) — measurement of something from side to side
- Kazakh: ен (en) — measurement of something from side to side
- Kazakh: жалпақтық (jalpaqtyq) — measurement of something from side to side
- Khmer: ទទីង (tɔɔtɔtiing) — measurement of something from side to side
- Korean: 폭 (pok) — measurement of something from side to side
- Kyrgyz: эн (en) — measurement of something from side to side
- Kyrgyz: кеңдик (keŋdik) — measurement of something from side to side
- Kyrgyz: туурасы (tuurası) — measurement of something from side to side
- Lao: ຄວາມກວ້າງ (khuām kuāng) — measurement of something from side to side
- Latin: lātitūdō — measurement of something from side to side
- Latvian: platums — measurement of something from side to side
- Lithuanian: plotis — measurement of something from side to side
- Luxembourgish: Breet — measurement of something from side to side
- Macedonian: ширина (širina) — measurement of something from side to side
- Malay: kelebaran — measurement of something from side to side
- Middle English: brede — measurement of something from side to side
- Navajo: naaniigo — measurement of something from side to side
- Nepali: चौडाई (cauḍāī) — measurement of something from side to side
- Norwegian Bokmål: bredde — measurement of something from side to side
- Old English: brǣdu — measurement of something from side to side
- Old English: wīdnes — measurement of something from side to side
- Pangasinan: buenlag — measurement of something from side to side
- Pangasinan: lapar — measurement of something from side to side
- Persian: عرض ('arz) — measurement of something from side to side
- Persian: پهنا (pahnâ) — measurement of something from side to side
- Plautdietsch: Wied — measurement of something from side to side
- Plautdietsch: Breed — measurement of something from side to side
- Polish: szerokość — measurement of something from side to side
- Portuguese: largura — measurement of something from side to side
- Romanian: lățime — measurement of something from side to side
- Romanian: lărgime — measurement of something from side to side
- Romanian: întindere — measurement of something from side to side
- Russian: ширина́ (širiná) — measurement of something from side to side
- Sanskrit: प्रथस् (prathas) — measurement of something from side to side
- Scottish Gaelic: leud — measurement of something from side to side
- Scottish Gaelic: farsaingeachd — measurement of something from side to side
- Serbo-Croatian: ширина — measurement of something from side to side
- Serbo-Croatian: širina — measurement of something from side to side
- Slovak: šírka — measurement of something from side to side
- Slovene: širina — measurement of something from side to side
- Spanish: anchura — measurement of something from side to side
- Spanish: anchor — measurement of something from side to side
- Spanish: ancheza — measurement of something from side to side
- Swahili: upana — measurement of something from side to side
- Swedish: bredd — measurement of something from side to side
- Tagalog: lapad — measurement of something from side to side
- Tamil: அகலம் (akalam) — measurement of something from side to side
- Telugu: వెడల్పు (veḍalpu) — measurement of something from side to side
- Thai: ความกว้าง (kwaam-gwâang) — measurement of something from side to side
- Turkish: genişlik — measurement of something from side to side
- Turkish: en — measurement of something from side to side
- Ukrainian: ширина́ (šyryná) — measurement of something from side to side
- Urdu: چوڑائی (cauṛāī) — measurement of something from side to side
- Uzbek: kenglik — measurement of something from side to side
- Vietnamese: chiều rộng — measurement of something from side to side
- Welsh: lled — measurement of something from side to side
- Yiddish: ברייט (breyt) — measurement of something from side to side
- Zazaki: herayey (diq) — measurement of something from side to side
- Bulgarian: ширина (širina) — piece of fabric measured from side to side
- Finnish: leveys — piece of fabric measured from side to side
- Middle English: brede — piece of fabric measured from side to side
- Ottoman Turkish: پارچه (parça) — piece of fabric measured from side to side
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