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.

Discussion

Robert Donahue (X) May 17, 2005:
polity-The form of government of a nation, a state, a church, or an organization. Given this context I'd be inclined to believe that this is a typographic error. If you substitute "wide-ranging" it makes perfect sense.

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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
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agree conejo : Definitely. It means that the principles of the Islamic paradigm are varied.
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agree RHELLER : yes, typo
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agree x-Translator (X)
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1 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. 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. "
+8
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wide-ranging

This is definitely a typo.
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agree x-Translator (X)
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agree sarahl (X) : buona sera Lamprini!
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agree Martine Brault
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agree Balaban Cerit
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agree Angela Dickson (X)
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agree Calliope Sofianopoulos (X)
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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



Peer comment(s):

disagree Elena Petelos : Fail to see how any of these definitions fit with the asker's context. "Wide-raging principles"??
7 mins
agree silvia b (X)
1 hr
disagree Endre Both : I'd say that principles don't usually rage (humans, destructive forces etc. may do).
7 hrs
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.
9 hrs
disagree Mats Wiman : 'principles' cannot be wirde-raging
9 hrs
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3 hrs

broad

Yes, wide-raNging
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