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)
- 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.
- 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
- 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 present | goes wide |
|---|---|
| present participle | going wide |
| past | went wide |
| past participle | gone 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
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