He is not wholly to blame for the situation. —SYNONYM totally
whom / hum / pronoun
( formal )
a word we use instead of "who" as the object of a verb or preposition
To whom did you give the money? She's the woman whom I met in Greece.
whoop / wup ; hup / verb (whoops , whoop ing , whooped )
to shout loudly because you are happy or excited ►whoop noun [ count ]
He let out a whoop of laughter.
who's / huz /
short for who is , who has
whose © / huz / adjective, pronoun
used to ask who something belongs to Whose car is this?
used to say exactly which person or thing you mean, or to give extra information about a person or thing
That's the boy whose sister is a singer.
who've / huv /
short for who have
Why Ф / wai / adverb
for what reason Why are you late? I don't know why she's angry. why not?
words that you use to make or agree to a suggestion Why not ask Kate to go with you? "Let's go see a movie." "Sure, why not?"
wick • ed / ' wiksd / adjective
very bad
a story about a wicked witch —SYNONYM evil
wide Ч-1 / waid / adjective (wid ei , i/id es )
far from one side to the other We drove down a wide road.
—ANTONYM narrow
You use wide to say or ask how far something is from one side to the other
The table was 6 feet wide. How wide is the river?
completely open
The children's eyes were wide with excitement. The noun is width .
wide 2 / waid / adverb completely; as far or as much as possible Open your mouth wide. I'm wide awake!
She stood with her feet wide apart .
wide • ly / ' waidli / adverb
by a lot of people; in or to a lot of places He has traveled widely in Asia.
wid • en / waidn / verb ( wid - ens , wid en - ing , wid ened )
to become wider; to make something wider They are widening the road.
wide • spread aw / ' waidspred /
If something is widespread , it is happening in many places
The disease is becoming more widespread.
wid • ow / ' widou / noun [ count ]
a woman whose husband is dead
wid • ow • er / ' widouar / noun
[count]
a man whose wife is dead width / wrd6 / noun [ count ]
how far it is from one side of something to the other; how
wide something is
The room is fifteen feet in width .
The adjective is wide .
Look at the picture at dimension .
wife О / waif / noun [ count ]
( plural wives / waivz / )
the woman that someone is married to
Look at husband .
wig / wig / noun [ count ]
a covering for your head made of hair that is not your own
wi • ki / ' wiki / noun [ count ] ( plural wi . kis ) a website that allows any user to change or add to the information it contains
Wild 1 Ф / waild / adjective ( wild er , wild es )
Wild plants and animals live or grow in nature, not with people
We picked some wild flowers.
excited; not controlled She was wild with anger.
The crowd went wild with excitement.
( informal ) exciting and interesting, because it is unusual
a totally wild outfit
wild2 / 'waild / noun the wild [ singular ]
a natural area that is not controlled by people In Africa we saw gorillas in the wild .
wil • der • ness / ' wildarnas / noun
[ count , usually singular ]
a large area of land that has never been used for building on
or for growing things
We love to go camping in the wilderness.
wild • life / ' waildlaif / noun [noncount]
animals and plants in nature
Collocations
The Natural World
animals
