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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

go narrow en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To focus on one thing, person, topic or aspect of a situation.
    • It's interesting to note that as you “go narrow“ along one of these dimensions 2010, Patrick Viguerie, Sven Smit, Mehrdad Baghai., Granularity:
    • The Common Mind. Philip Petitt. 1996. this should not be regarded as a good reason for going narrow.
    • I used to be impressed by a drummer liking what I did, so I pretty much only got a drum perspective, but I've gone wide and I've gone narrow. 2013, Bobby Owsinsky, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook:
    • 2007, Beyond Buzz. Lois Kelly. Pg. 101. Going narrow doesn't imply that we don't understand all the issues
  2. (of a price) To change infrequently.
    • The change between futures and spot prices will either go wide -- expand or diminish -- go narrow Hedging Commodities: A practical guide to hedging strategies with futures ... Slobodan Jovanovic. Pg. 92
  3. To use a narrow-angle lens to take one or more photographs.
    • Going wide to fit it all in will emphasize the foreground at the expense of the background; going narrow with a long lens will preclude the coloured 'jobbies' clinging to the cliff top that I'm trying not to tread on. 2013, David Noton., The Vision:
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, narrow.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gone narrow Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
goes narrow Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
went narrow Tense=Past lexicographic
going narrow Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic