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go wide

go wide verb: to use a wide-angle lens to take one or more photographs.

Verb

go wide (third-person singular simple present goes wide, present participle going wide, simple past went wide, past participle gone wide)

  1. To use a wide-angle lens to take one or more photographs.
    • First and foremost, you'll need a wide-angle lens for going wide on your dive.1998, Sport Diver. Vol. 6, No. 6. Pg. 36.
    • 2004. Digital Photography Bible. Dan Simon. Pg. 48.
      You need to go wide just to fit things in.
  2. To change frequently.
    • The change between futures and spot prices will either go wide -- expand or diminish -- go narrowHedging Commodities: A practical guide to hedging strategies with futures ... Slobodan Jovanovic. Pg. 92
  3. To spread one's attention from a narrow focus to a more diverse one.
    • Then I saw we were not growing deep because we were not going wide.2003, Paul Wilkes, Marty Minchin., Best Practices From America's Best Churches
    • I used to be impressed by a drummer liking what I did, so I pretty much only got a drum perspective, but I've gone wide and I've gone narrow.2013, Bobby Owsinsky, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook

Forms of go wide

third-person singular presentgoes wide
present participlegoing wide
pastwent wide
past participlegone wide

Questions about go wide

What does go wide mean?
Go wide means to use a wide-angle lens to take one or more photographs.
What part of speech is go wide?
Go wide is a verb.
What is the past tense of go wide?
The past tense of go wide is went wide.

Words near go wide in the dictionary

  1. go way back
  2. go west
  3. go whacks
  4. go whistle
  5. go whole hog
  6. go wide
  7. go wild
  8. go Winchester
  9. go with
  10. go with a swing
  11. go with one's gut

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