- 1 [uncountable, countable] the measurement from one side of something to the other; how wide something is It's about 10 metres in width. The terrace runs the full width of the house. The carpet is available in different widths. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivegreat, entire, full, … verb + widthhave, span, measure, … width + verbgrow, increase, decrease, … width + nounmeasurement prepositionacross the width, in width See full entry
- 2[countable] a piece of material of a particular width You'll need two widths of fabric for each curtain.
- 3[countable] the distance between the two long sides of a swimming pool How many widths can you swim? See related entries: Swimming compare length Word Originearly 17th cent.: from wide + -th, on the pattern of breadth (replacing wideness).Word Familywide adjective adverbwidely adverbwiden verbwidth nounExtra examples The boots are available in a choice of width fittings. The car is 1.775 m in width. The fabric is only available in a narrow width. The pattern goes across the full width of the material. The road narrows to a width of just four metres. The snow had narrowed the width of the road to a single track. The windows have a width of six feet. a platform that spanned the width of the room the great width of his shoulders Height: 210 mm. Width: 57 mm. Length: 170 mm. It’s about 10 metres in width.
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BrE BrE//wɪdθ//; NAmE NAmE//wɪdθ//; BrE BrE//wɪtθ//; NAmE NAmE//wɪtθ//
SwimmingCheck pronunciation: width
