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Definition: Far And Wide |
Far And WideAdverb1. Over great areas or distances; everywhere; "he traveled far and wide"; "the news spread far and wide"; "people came from far and near"; "searched for the child far and near". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Far And WideSynonym: far and near (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Distance | Adverb: far off, far away; afar, afar off; off; away; a long way off, a great way off, a good way off; wide away, aloof; wide of, clear of; out of the way, out of reach; abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond; outre mer, over the border, far and wide, "over the hills and far away "; from pole to pole; (over great space); to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth; out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue, out of the sphere of, wide of the mark; a far cry to. |
Greatness | Entirely; (completely); abundantly; (sufficiently); widely, far and wide. |
Space | Adverb: extensively; Adjective: wherever; everywhere; far and near, far and wide; right and left, all over, all the world over; throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land; under the sun, in every quarter; in all quarters, in all lands; here there and everywhere; from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Indus to the pole, from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end; on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass; to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Far And Wide |
| English words defined with "far and wide": To rake out ♦ Widewhere. (references) |
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Books | |
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | |
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Expression using "far and wide": spread far and wide. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
far and wide | 45 |
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| Language | Translations for "far and wide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | من كل مكان. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | laajalti tunnettu (known far and wide, widely known). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | weit und breit (for miles around). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | למרחקים (afar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mindenütt (all about, all along, all over, eachwhere, everywhere, from every side, near and far, on all hands, throughout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 広く (extensively, universally, widely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひろく (confidential papers, extensively, secret notes, universally, widely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | foddey as gerrid (wide and near). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arfay anday ideway largamente (abroad, broadly, largely, wide, widely), em toda parte (all over, everywhere, throughout). (various references) pretutindeni (anywhere, everywhere, far and near, here, in all places, throughout, wide). (various references) повсюду (abroad, all over, at every turn, everywhere, far and near, high and low, passim). (various references) por todas partes (about, all about, all over, all over the place, everywhere, throughout). (various references) yurdun dört köşesinde, her tarafta (all over, everywhere). (various references) всебічно, повсюди. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | late, longe lateque, passim. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 10, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ton aradion kai ton samaraion kai ton amaqi kai meta touto diesparhsan ai fulai twn cananaiwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et Aradium Samariten et Amatheum et post haec disseminati sunt populi Chananeorum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ond Aradium, ond Samaræum, ond Amathuæum]. [corrupted: Eft þa Cananeysra þeoda wæron forsceaden] |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Cyneum, and Aradium, Samaryten, and Amatheum; and bi thes ben sowed out the puplis of Chananes. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Aruadi Zemari and hamari. And afterward sprange the kynreds of the Canaanytes |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites dispersed. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; after that the families of the Canaanites went far and wide in all directions; |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 10, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa Aradihanon, ug sa Samarehanon, ug sa Amatehanon: ug unya nanagpatlaag ang mga kabanayan sa mga Canaanhon. |
| Chinese | 亞 " 底 人 、 洗 瑪 利 人 、 " 馬 人 、 後 來 迦 南 的 諸 族 分 散 了 。 |
| Croatian | Arvaðani, Semarjani i Hamaæani. Poslije se kanaanska plemena razgranaše, |
| Danish | Arvaditerne, Zemariterne og Hamatiterne; men senere bredte Kana'anæernes Slægter sig, |
| Dutch | En den Arvadiet, en den Tsemariet, en den Hamathiet; en daarna zijn de huisgezinnen der Kanaanieten verspreid. |
| Finnish | arvadilaiset, semarilaiset ja hamatilaiset. Sittemmin hajaantuivat kanaanilaisten heimot. |
| French | les Arvadiens, les Tsemariens, les Hamathiens. Ensuite, les familles des Cananéens se dispersèrent. |
| German | den Arvaditer, den Zemariter und den Hamathiter. Daher sind ausgebreitet die Geschlechter der Kanaaniter. |
| Haitian Creole | Avad, Zema, Amat. Apre sa tout fanmi Kanaran yo gaye. |
| Hungarian | Arvadeust, Czemareust, Hamatheust. És azután elszéledének a Kananeusok nemzetségei. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Arwadi, Semari dan Hamati. Suku-suku bangsa Kanaan itu tersebar jauh, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan Arwadi dan Tsemari dan Hamati; maka kemudian dari pada itu berpecah-pecahlah pula segala bangsa orang Kanani itu. |
| Italian | l'Arvadita, il Semarita e l'Amatita. In seguito si dispersero le famiglie dei Cananei. |
| Maori | Me te Aarawari, me te Temari, me te Hamati: a muri iho ka marara noa atu nga hapu o nga Kanaani. |
| Norwegian | og arvadittene og semarittene og hamatittene; siden bredte kana'anittenes ætter sig videre ut. |
| Portuguese | o arvadeu, o zemareu e o hamateu. Depois se espalharam as famílias dos cananeus. |
| Rumanian | pe Arvadiyi, pe Yemariyi, pe Hamatiyi. Kn urmq, familiile Cananiyilor s`au kmprqwtiat. |
| Spanish | al arvadeo, al zemareo y al hamateo. Después se dispersaron los clanes de los cananeos. |
| Swedish | arvadéerna, semaréerna och hamatéerna. Sedan utgrenade sig kananéernas släkter allt vidare, |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-e-f-i-n-r-w" | |
-3 letters: araneid, awarded, dandier, drained, dwarfed, faddier, fawnier. | |
-4 letters: afeard, afraid, dander, darned, dawned, denari, dwined, fadein, fainer, faired, farded, farina, fawned, fawner, finder, fraena, friend, infare, inward, radian, raided, rained, redfin, refind, rewind, ridden, rinded, wadder, waddie, waifed, waired, wander, wanier, warded, warden, warned, widder, winded, winder. | |
-5 letters: adder, afire, aided, aider, aired. | |
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