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going wide

going wide is the present participle and gerund of go wide.

Meaning of go wide

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.
  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

Questions about going wide

What is going wide the present participle and gerund of?
Going wide is the present participle and gerund of go wide.

Words near going wide in the dictionary

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

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