ultrawide

adjective

ul·​tra·​wide ˌəl-trə-ˈwīd How to pronounce ultrawide (audio)
variants or ultra-wide
: extremely or extraordinarily wide
… touted the glamour of ultrawide neckwear in a 1970 magazine advertisement.Ruth La Ferla
an ultrawide camera lens
If you're a single, one-window-maximized kind of person, ultrawide displays can be a huge waste of space …Alan Henry

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The design eliminates both telephoto and ultrawide cameras, focusing solely on the Fusion camera. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025 By contrast, the more affordable iPhone 17 adds a second 48MP shooter for ultrawide and macro shots. Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 The Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 monitor is $800 off, giving you a massive 57-inch ultrawide screen with silky-smooth 240Hz action that makes every sim or racer feel larger than life. Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025 Think of this as a larger version of the more common 34-inch ultrawide, such as the Odyssey G8. Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ultrawide

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ultrawide was in 1858

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“Ultrawide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ultrawide. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.

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