Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Wide"

A: In that sentence, it means fully awake.

A: It means you are not even a little tired

A: Not necessarily. Insomnia is sleeplessness while 'wide awake' describes a person who is conscious either because she or he hasn't slept at all or just woken up from sleep. Wide awake is the opposite of sleepy.

A: Yes I suppose it could, although I also suspect there is an element of innuendo there as well!

A: Crack can also mean to open(break the seal). Even though it's a crime/court case, try to think of it as as briefcase. You're cracking it open to expose all of the files inside. If it's wide-open, then it'd be more exposed.

So if the case is cracked wide-open, all of the details are known.

A: It was 3am and I was wide awake.
Despite having a productive day I was wide awake all night long.

A: Its 2 in the morning, but i’m still wide awake..

A: He opened his eyes wide.
They have a wide range of tea products.
The window is wide opened.
A wide road.
She left the door wide opened.

A: The two tutorial classes were spaced out too wide apart for the students to remember anything.

My two classmates who were not on good terms with each other stood wide apart during the photo-taking activity

A: wide-open is an adjective: "I live in the wide-open spaces of Montana".

open wide is a verb: Dentist: "Open wide!!!".

A: width - noun, ширина, существительное, измерение

wide - adjective, широкий, прилагательное

The width is 470 centimeters.
The item is wide.

A: They are similar in meaning.
But-
we use them differently, especially in idiomatic phrases.

We say a man has broad shoulders. We don’t say he has wide shoulders.

We say someone has their eyes wide open and a wide smile.
We don’t use broad in these phrases at all.

I think it is actually very difficult to characterize the differences into rules.

Here are some other kinds of examples- this time of similar use.

The prairie is a wide open space.
There is a broad expanse of prairie.

Here you can see we are using the words to mean the exact same kind of idea,
but we use the words differently in the sentence.
We say a wide open space, not a broad open space.

This is what is tricky to get a handle on.

A bridge is broad.
A bridge has wide lanes.

Other uses-
A woman is a broad. Very idiomatic language.

This is a broad outline of the facts.
We don’t use wide here.

We say there is a wide scope though.

Hope that helps a bit. It is a beginning.

A: Wide is about objects for example a room
Broad is used for non objects such as “The writing is broad”

A: 意味はほとんど同じです。しかし、ある決まっている表現が１つの言葉しか使えません。

The word "court" has a wide variety of meanings. O
The word "court" has a broad variety of meanings. ??

The broad purpose of our company is... O
The wide purpose of our company is... X

This device has a broad range of uses. O
This device has a wide range of uses. O (これは方が一般的です。)

A: Narrow
Tight

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A: Spacious (when referring to a room, a house or an enclosed place).

A: You've already said it in English.
Wide is wide.

A: "Tall"?

Except for mountains. Mountains are "high", not tall.

A: 合っています。

A: × Wide pants are in fashion.
✓ Wide pants are currently in fashion.

× It is so comfortable.
✓ They are so comfortable.

× Since these pants legs are very wide.
✓ Since the pant legs are very wide,

× And it makes my legs look longer.
✓ And it makes my legs look longer when I wear them.

× So theseday i always wear these pants.
✓ So these days I always wear that kind of pants.

A: World wide handsome*

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