1 : (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes"
2 : very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
3 : broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
