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noun
- a wide scope
- someone who cleans soot from chimneys
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- a movement in an arc
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
- a long oar used in an open boat
- (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- (rowing, attributive) A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- (possibly US, regional) The act of police removing a homeless encampment from a public space.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- (aviation) The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- A chimney sweep.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- (US, television) singular of sweeps (“viewership ratings”)
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- Violent and general destruction.
- (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A single action of sweeping.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- (metalworking) A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
verb
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- cover the entire range of
- clean by sweeping
- win an overwhelming victory in or on
- sweep across or over
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
- (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
- (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
- To strike with a long stroke.
- (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- (rowing) To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- (transitive, ergative) To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
- (Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana) To vacuum a carpet or rug.
- (military) To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
adj
- Wide in extent or scope.
- Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
- Plain; evident.
- General rather than specific.
- (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
- Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
- (of an accent) Strongly regional.
- Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
- (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
- Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
- lacking subtlety; obvious
- not detailed or specific
- being at a peak or culminating point
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
- broad in scope or content
- very large in expanse or scope
noun
- A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
- (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- (film, television) A kind of floodlight.
- (UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
- slang term for a woman
noun
- The state of being wide.
- A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
- (cricket) The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
- (sports) The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.
- The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
- the extent of something from side to side
prefix
adj
- Having a large scope or range; extensive.
- (typography, of a typeface) Wider than usual.
- Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
- Longer in length or extension; elongated.
- Lasting longer; protracted.
- fully extended or stretched forth
- large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
- relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
- beyond the literal or primary sense
- drawn out or made longer spatially
verb
adj
- Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
- (mathematics) Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
- Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.
- (slang) Excellent; awesome.
- (chemistry, not comparable) Involving free radicals.
- (lexicography, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
- Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
- (phonology, phonetics, not comparable, of a sound) Produced using the root of the tongue.
- (botany, not comparable) Pertaining to a root (of a plant).
- of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
- (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
- markedly new or introducing radical change
- especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
- arising from or going to the root or source
noun
- (linguistics) In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
- (organic chemistry) A free radical.
- (chemistry) A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
- (algebra, commutative algebra, ring theory, of an ideal) Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or √, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xⁿ ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.
- A person with radical opinions.
- (number theory) The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.
- (arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).
- (historical, early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
- (linguistics) In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring) Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".
- (historical, 19th-century Britain, politics) A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a module) The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
- (linguistics) In Celtic languages, the basic, underlying form of an initial consonant which can be further mutated under the Celtic initial consonant mutations.
- a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule
- (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
- (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
- a person who has radical ideas or opinions
noun
- (figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.
- Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.
- (colloquial, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
- A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
- a public act of violence by an unruly mob
- a joke that seems extremely funny
- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- a state of disorder involving group violence
verb
prep
adj
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- unlikely to occur
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
adv
noun
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
- the outer side or surface of something
- the region that is outside of something
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
- A wide, seemingly unlimited, assortment.
- (psychoanalysis) Synonym of complex (“a collection of ideas caused by repressed emotions that leads to an abnormal mental condition”).
- (sexuality) A network of connections between people who are in polyamorous relationships, for example between a person, their partner, and that person's partner.
- (space science) A fleet of satellites used for the same purpose.
- (astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.
- (figurative) An array of marks or items.
- (figurative) A configuration or grouping of related things.
- (modern astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region.
- an arrangement of parts or elements
- a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
adv
adj
- Popular.
- Of great size, large.
- (of a city) Populous.
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
- (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. [with of ‘someone’]
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein; often capitalized; sometimes humorous) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- Specifically, big-breasted.
- (informal, slang, rare, of someone's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- Having a large penis.
- (informal) Enthusiastic (about). [with on ‘someone/something’]
- (informal) Fat.
- (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- exhibiting self-importance
- given or giving freely
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- prodigious
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- serious or severe
- (of animals) fully developed
- feeling self-importance
- significant
- loud and firm
- marked by intense physical force
- conspicuous in position or importance
noun
- (university slang) An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
- (ageplay) The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- Someone or something that is large in stature.
- (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.
adv
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area.
- (transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
- (specifically) To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.
- (intransitive) To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme.
- cause to become widely known
- sow over a wide area, especially by hand
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
prefix
- Transcending, encompassing.
- (anatomy and zoology) Behind.
- (chemistry) Having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent.
- Having analogies with metaphysics.
- (organic chemistry) in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in alternate (1,3) positions; contrasted with ortho- and para-.
- (geology) Modified by metamorphosis; analogies and derivatives of metamorphism.
- (pathology) Consequent on.
- Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc.
- (biochemistry) Relating to metabolism.
- (botany and zoology) Later or subsequent.
noun
adv
prep
noun
- expansiveness
- (mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
- a friendly open trait of a talkative person
- the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure
- a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand
noun
- act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
- an addition that extends a main building
- act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
- an addition to the length of something
- the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
- an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
- That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").
- The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
- (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
- (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
- (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
- (mathematics, group theory, of a group G by a group H) A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.
- (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
- A part of a building that has been added onto the original.
- (ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
- (telecommunications) A numerical code used to indicate a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
- (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
- (computing) Ellipsis of file extension.
- (linguistics, semantics) semantic widening, broadening of meaning
- An outgrowth; a part of something that extends its capabilities.
- (education) University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.
- (mathematics, homological algebra, of an object A by an object B in an abelian category) A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.
- The state of being extended.
- (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
- (cosmetics, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of hair extension, nail extension, or eyelash extension.
- (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
adj
noun
- the lowest tone of a harmonic series
- any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
- (generic, singular) A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.
- (physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
- (music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.
- (generic, plural) A collection of essential component ideas that are often grouped together to serve as the foundational basis of a complex idea.
adj
- far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
- of the greatest intensity; complete
- showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
- coming from deep within one
- Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive.
- Very deep; very serious.
- Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
- Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough.
- Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading.
adj
- Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
- Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
- (physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
- (figurative) Considerable in amount.
- of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
- large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
- broad in scope or content
noun
adj
adj
- Large in scope.
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
- (slang, derogatory, humorous) Overweight, obese.
- (British, slang, only in "wide boy") Sharp-witted.
- not on target
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- having ample fabric
- great in degree
- broad in scope or content
- very large in expanse or scope
adv
noun
noun
- a wide scope
- someone who cleans soot from chimneys
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
- a movement in an arc
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
- a long oar used in an open boat
- (martial arts) A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- (rowing, attributive) A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- (possibly US, regional) The act of police removing a homeless encampment from a public space.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- (card games) In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- (aviation) The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- A chimney sweep.
- (cricket) A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- (US, television) singular of sweeps (“viewership ratings”)
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- Violent and general destruction.
- (in the plural) The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A single action of sweeping.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- (metalworking) A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
verb
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- cover the entire range of
- clean by sweeping
- win an overwhelming victory in or on
- sweep across or over
- sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- (curling) To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To travel quickly.
- (cricket) To play a sweep shot.
- (sports, transitive) To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
- To strike with a long stroke.
- (sports, transitive) To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- (rowing) To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- (transitive, ergative) To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- (nautical) To draw or drag something over.
- (Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana) To vacuum a carpet or rug.
- (military) To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- (transitive) To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.
noun
- The state of being wide.
- A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
- (cricket) The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
- (sports) The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.
- The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
- the extent of something from side to side
noun
- (figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.
- Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.
- (colloquial, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
- A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
- a public act of violence by an unruly mob
- a joke that seems extremely funny
- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- a state of disorder involving group violence
verb
noun
- A wide, seemingly unlimited, assortment.
- (psychoanalysis) Synonym of complex (“a collection of ideas caused by repressed emotions that leads to an abnormal mental condition”).
- (sexuality) A network of connections between people who are in polyamorous relationships, for example between a person, their partner, and that person's partner.
- (space science) A fleet of satellites used for the same purpose.
- (astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.
- (figurative) An array of marks or items.
- (figurative) A configuration or grouping of related things.
- (modern astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region.
- an arrangement of parts or elements
- a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
noun
adv
prep
noun
- expansiveness
- (mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
- a friendly open trait of a talkative person
- the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure
- a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand
noun
- act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
- an addition that extends a main building
- act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
- an addition to the length of something
- the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
- an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
- That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").
- The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
- (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
- (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
- (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
- (mathematics, group theory, of a group G by a group H) A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.
- (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
- A part of a building that has been added onto the original.
- (ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
- (telecommunications) A numerical code used to indicate a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
- (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
- (computing) Ellipsis of file extension.
- (linguistics, semantics) semantic widening, broadening of meaning
- An outgrowth; a part of something that extends its capabilities.
- (education) University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.
- (mathematics, homological algebra, of an object A by an object B in an abelian category) A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.
- The state of being extended.
- (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
- (cosmetics, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of hair extension, nail extension, or eyelash extension.
- (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
noun
adj
adv
adj
- Popular.
- Of great size, large.
- (of a city) Populous.
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
- (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. [with of ‘someone’]
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein; often capitalized; sometimes humorous) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- Specifically, big-breasted.
- (informal, slang, rare, of someone's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- Having a large penis.
- (informal) Enthusiastic (about). [with on ‘someone/something’]
- (informal) Fat.
- (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- exhibiting self-importance
- given or giving freely
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- prodigious
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- serious or severe
- (of animals) fully developed
- feeling self-importance
- significant
- loud and firm
- marked by intense physical force
- conspicuous in position or importance
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- (university slang) An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
- (ageplay) The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- Someone or something that is large in stature.
- (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.
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- (transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area.
- (transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
- (specifically) To send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.
- (intransitive) To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme.
- cause to become widely known
- sow over a wide area, especially by hand
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
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- Wide in extent or scope.
- Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
- Plain; evident.
- General rather than specific.
- (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
- Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
- (of an accent) Strongly regional.
- Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
- (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
- Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
- lacking subtlety; obvious
- not detailed or specific
- being at a peak or culminating point
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
- broad in scope or content
- very large in expanse or scope
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- A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
- (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- (film, television) A kind of floodlight.
- (UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
- slang term for a woman
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- Having a large scope or range; extensive.
- (typography, of a typeface) Wider than usual.
- Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
- Longer in length or extension; elongated.
- Lasting longer; protracted.
- fully extended or stretched forth
- large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
- relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
- beyond the literal or primary sense
- drawn out or made longer spatially
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- Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
- (mathematics) Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
- Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.
- (slang) Excellent; awesome.
- (chemistry, not comparable) Involving free radicals.
- (lexicography, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
- Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
- (phonology, phonetics, not comparable, of a sound) Produced using the root of the tongue.
- (botany, not comparable) Pertaining to a root (of a plant).
- of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
- (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
- markedly new or introducing radical change
- especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
- arising from or going to the root or source
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- (linguistics) In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
- (organic chemistry) A free radical.
- (chemistry) A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
- (algebra, commutative algebra, ring theory, of an ideal) Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or √, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xⁿ ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.
- A person with radical opinions.
- (number theory) The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.
- (arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).
- (historical, early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
- (linguistics) In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring) Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".
- (historical, 19th-century Britain, politics) A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a module) The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
- (linguistics) In Celtic languages, the basic, underlying form of an initial consonant which can be further mutated under the Celtic initial consonant mutations.
- a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule
- (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
- (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
- a person who has radical ideas or opinions
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- the lowest tone of a harmonic series
- any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
- (generic, singular) A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.
- (physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
- (music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.
- (generic, plural) A collection of essential component ideas that are often grouped together to serve as the foundational basis of a complex idea.
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- far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
- of the greatest intensity; complete
- showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
- coming from deep within one
- Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive.
- Very deep; very serious.
- Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
- Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough.
- Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading.
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- Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
- Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
- (physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
- (figurative) Considerable in amount.
- of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
- large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
- broad in scope or content
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- Large in scope.
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- (computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.
- (slang, derogatory, humorous) Overweight, obese.
- (British, slang, only in "wide boy") Sharp-witted.
- not on target
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- having ample fabric
- great in degree
- broad in scope or content
- very large in expanse or scope