wide-open

adjective

: having virtually no limits or restrictions
a wide-open town

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When every studio is praying to win a best picture prize, especially in a wide-open field, every vote counts as voting nears its end on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025 Meanwhile, at a blue waterfront five-bedroom that was an occasional launch point for fishing charters until last summer, there’s a full scoreboard stashed in a wide-open garage, nothing in the planters on the small porch, and a Sheepadoodle named Vince Lombardi barking behind the front door. Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025 Then the Horned Frogs threw a careless pass on the inbound that led to a wide-open Oklahoma State dunk. Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2025 Covering the knee is the head of a goddess, the brow above her two wide-open eyes adorned with a victor’s wreath. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for wide-open 

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wide-open was in 1858

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“Wide-open.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-open. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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