May 16, 2005 23:05
19 yrs ago
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English term
wide-raging
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"The Muslim polity disintegrated but the wide-raging principles of the Islamic paradigm survive and attract new adherents."
I can't figure out what "wide-raging" could be here. I'd understand "raging" (although that wouldn't make much sense in this context) or "wide-ranging", but wide-raging?
Thanks in advance.
I can't figure out what "wide-raging" could be here. I'd understand "raging" (although that wouldn't make much sense in this context) or "wide-ranging", but wide-raging?
Thanks in advance.
Responses
4 +21 | wide-ranging | Elena Petelos |
4 +8 | wide-ranging | Lamprini Kosma |
5 | broad | bigedsenior |
5 -3 | Not a typo. Anger/Fury/Violence over a large area | Anna Maria Augustine (X) |
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+21
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wide-ranging
I think this is just a typo.
varied: widely different; "varied motives prompt people to join a political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants"
http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
varied: widely different; "varied motives prompt people to join a political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants"
http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
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conejo
: Definitely. It means that the principles of the Islamic paradigm are varied.
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RHELLER
: yes, typo
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Cheers Rita!
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Maria Nicholas (X)
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Thanks Maria!
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x-Translator (X)
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Refugio
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swisstell
: of course
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Özden Arıkan
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jccantrell
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sarahl (X)
: kali spera melenia!
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Kalispera sokolatenia!
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rangepost
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Thanks!
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Martine Brault
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jennifer newsome (X)
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Balaban Cerit
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Robert Donahue (X)
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Fuad Yahya
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Angela Dickson (X)
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Armorel Young
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Mats Wiman
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Calliope Sofianopoulos (X)
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NancyLynn
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Alfa Trans (X)
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Comment: "I'm also inclined to think it's a typo. Anna what you're saying does make some sense, and there's indeed some "rage" in what I'm translating, but I'm not too comfortable with the adjective "wide-raging" (raging alone would be OK), especially next to the word "principles".
Thanks everyone for the confirmation. "
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wide-ranging
This is definitely a typo.
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x-Translator (X)
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Thanks! :-)
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Özden Arıkan
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Thanks! :-)
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sarahl (X)
: buona sera Lamprini!
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Grazie. Kalispera Sarahl! :-)
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rangepost
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Thanks! :-)
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Martine Brault
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Thanks! :-)
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Balaban Cerit
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Thanks! :-)
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Angela Dickson (X)
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Thanks! :-)
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Calliope Sofianopoulos (X)
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Thanks! :-)
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Not a typo. Anger/Fury/Violence over a large area
Adj. 1. raging - characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent"
hot
violent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike"
2. raging - very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache"
intense - in an extreme degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
3. raging - (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"
tempestuous, angry, furious, wild
stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"
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Note added at 16 mins (2005-05-16 23:21:42 GMT)
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Wide is explained here. I think it is in reference to the current news story printed in Newsweek (about the Quran) and the violence in Afghanistan if not Iraq:
Adj. 1. wide - having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; \"wide roads\"; \"a wide necktie\"; \"wide margins\"; \"three feet wide\"; \"a river two miles broad\"; \"broad shoulders\"; \"a broad river\"
broad
comprehensive - including all or everything; \"comprehensive coverage\"; \"a comprehensive history of the revolution\"; \"a comprehensive survey\"; \"a comprehensive education\"
thick - not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; \"an inch thick\"; \"a thick board\"; \"a thick sandwich\"; \"spread a thick layer of butter\"; \"thick coating of dust\"; \"thick warm blankets\"
narrow - not wide; \"a narrow bridge\"; \"a narrow line across the page\"
2. wide - broad in scope or content; \"across-the-board pay increases\"; \"an all-embracing definition\"; \"blanket sanctions against human-rights violators\"; \"an invention with broad applications\"; \"a panoptic study of Soviet nationality\"- T.G.Winner; \"granted him wide powers\"
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, encompassing, panoptic, broad
comprehensive - including all or everything; \"comprehensive coverage\"; \"a comprehensive history of the revolution\"; \"a comprehensive survey\"; \"a comprehensive education\"
3. wide - (used of eyes) fully open or extended; \"listened in round-eyed wonder\"; \"stared with wide eyes\"
round-eyed, wide-eyed
opened, open - used of mouth or eyes; \"keep your eyes open\"; \"his mouth slightly opened\"
4. wide - very large in expanse or scope; \"a broad lawn\"; \"the wide plains\"; \"a spacious view\"; \"spacious skies\"
spacious, broad
big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; \"a large city\"; \"set out for the big city\"; \"a large sum\"; \"a big (or large) barn\"; \"a large family\"; \"big businesses\"; \"a big expenditure\"; \"a large number of newspapers\"; \"a big group of scientists\"; \"large areas of the world\"
5. wide - great in degree; \"won by a wide margin\"
narrow - very limited in degree; \"won by a narrow margin\"; \"a narrow escape\"
6. wide - great in range or scope; \"an extended vocabulary\"; \"surgeons with extended experience\"; \"extensive examples of picture writing\"; \"suffered extensive damage\"; \"a wide selection\"
extended, extensive
considerable - large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; \"a considerable quantity\"; \"the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign\"; \"went to considerable trouble for us\"; \"spent a considerable amount of time on the problem\"
7. wide - having ample fabric; \"the current taste for wide trousers\"; \"a full skirt\"
wide-cut, full
ample - more than enough in size or scope or capacity; \"had ample food for the party\"; \"an ample supply\"
8. wide - not on target; \"the kick was wide\"; \"the arrow was wide of the mark\"; \"a claim that was wide of the truth\"
wide of the mark
inaccurate - not accurate; \"an inaccurate translation\"; \"the thermometer is inaccurate\"
Adv. 1. wide - with or by a broad space; \"stand with legs wide apart\"; \"ran wide around left end\"
2. wide - to the fullest extent possible; \"open your eyes wide\"; \"with the throttle wide open\"
3. wide - far from the intended target; \"the arrow went wide of the mark\"; \"a bullet went astray and killed a bystander\"
astray
4. wide - to or over a great extent or range; far; \"wandered wide through many lands\"; \"he traveled widely\"
widely
hot
violent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike"
2. raging - very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache"
intense - in an extreme degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
3. raging - (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"
tempestuous, angry, furious, wild
stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"
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Note added at 16 mins (2005-05-16 23:21:42 GMT)
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Wide is explained here. I think it is in reference to the current news story printed in Newsweek (about the Quran) and the violence in Afghanistan if not Iraq:
Adj. 1. wide - having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; \"wide roads\"; \"a wide necktie\"; \"wide margins\"; \"three feet wide\"; \"a river two miles broad\"; \"broad shoulders\"; \"a broad river\"
broad
comprehensive - including all or everything; \"comprehensive coverage\"; \"a comprehensive history of the revolution\"; \"a comprehensive survey\"; \"a comprehensive education\"
thick - not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; \"an inch thick\"; \"a thick board\"; \"a thick sandwich\"; \"spread a thick layer of butter\"; \"thick coating of dust\"; \"thick warm blankets\"
narrow - not wide; \"a narrow bridge\"; \"a narrow line across the page\"
2. wide - broad in scope or content; \"across-the-board pay increases\"; \"an all-embracing definition\"; \"blanket sanctions against human-rights violators\"; \"an invention with broad applications\"; \"a panoptic study of Soviet nationality\"- T.G.Winner; \"granted him wide powers\"
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, encompassing, panoptic, broad
comprehensive - including all or everything; \"comprehensive coverage\"; \"a comprehensive history of the revolution\"; \"a comprehensive survey\"; \"a comprehensive education\"
3. wide - (used of eyes) fully open or extended; \"listened in round-eyed wonder\"; \"stared with wide eyes\"
round-eyed, wide-eyed
opened, open - used of mouth or eyes; \"keep your eyes open\"; \"his mouth slightly opened\"
4. wide - very large in expanse or scope; \"a broad lawn\"; \"the wide plains\"; \"a spacious view\"; \"spacious skies\"
spacious, broad
big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; \"a large city\"; \"set out for the big city\"; \"a large sum\"; \"a big (or large) barn\"; \"a large family\"; \"big businesses\"; \"a big expenditure\"; \"a large number of newspapers\"; \"a big group of scientists\"; \"large areas of the world\"
5. wide - great in degree; \"won by a wide margin\"
narrow - very limited in degree; \"won by a narrow margin\"; \"a narrow escape\"
6. wide - great in range or scope; \"an extended vocabulary\"; \"surgeons with extended experience\"; \"extensive examples of picture writing\"; \"suffered extensive damage\"; \"a wide selection\"
extended, extensive
considerable - large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; \"a considerable quantity\"; \"the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign\"; \"went to considerable trouble for us\"; \"spent a considerable amount of time on the problem\"
7. wide - having ample fabric; \"the current taste for wide trousers\"; \"a full skirt\"
wide-cut, full
ample - more than enough in size or scope or capacity; \"had ample food for the party\"; \"an ample supply\"
8. wide - not on target; \"the kick was wide\"; \"the arrow was wide of the mark\"; \"a claim that was wide of the truth\"
wide of the mark
inaccurate - not accurate; \"an inaccurate translation\"; \"the thermometer is inaccurate\"
Adv. 1. wide - with or by a broad space; \"stand with legs wide apart\"; \"ran wide around left end\"
2. wide - to the fullest extent possible; \"open your eyes wide\"; \"with the throttle wide open\"
3. wide - far from the intended target; \"the arrow went wide of the mark\"; \"a bullet went astray and killed a bystander\"
astray
4. wide - to or over a great extent or range; far; \"wandered wide through many lands\"; \"he traveled widely\"
widely
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Elena Petelos
: Fail to see how any of these definitions fit with the asker's context. "Wide-raging principles"??
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agree |
silvia b (X)
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disagree |
Endre Both
: I'd say that principles don't usually rage (humans, destructive forces etc. may do).
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disagree |
Angela Dickson (X)
: Definitely not it. I don't see the point of the comment to Elena, either - this seems to be about Islam in general, and not the recent news, which is very small-scale compared to the history of Islam.
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Mats Wiman
: 'principles' cannot be wirde-raging
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broad
Yes, wide-raNging
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