Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wide open

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables: wide open
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Completely open.

adj

Having no laws or law enforcement.

adj

Unsettled or unresolved.

adj

Vulnerable or unprotected.

adj

Without the presence of opponents nearby.

adj

Of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bids and asking prices.

Example Sentences

"The front door was wide open."
"It was a bright, sunny morning, and the windows stood wide open."
"It was a wide open frontier town before the railroad came."
"One hundred thirty-eight sellers and buyers were jailed. Even efforts like that were to no avail in a wide-open town where rackets flourished […]"
"The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open."
"He left himself wide open to criticism."

Inflected Forms

wider open (comparative) more wide open (comparative) widest open (superlative) most wide open (superlative) wide-open (alternative)

Phrases

blow wide open with arms wide open with one's eyes wide open in the open open field open season open wide

Frequently Paired Words

in the open open field open season open wide

Questions

What does wide open mean?: Completely open.

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