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wild

adj. uncountable
A2 Elementary Oxford US //ˈwaɪɫd// UK //wˈaɪld// wild General-service Slang

adj. a natural area where people do not live and the land is not used for farming. You usually talk about animals or plants living here in their natural home.

adj. a natural state or uncultivated region, especially one inhabited by free-roaming animals and unaffected by human settlement. Typically used with the definite article.


SIMPLE

It is rare to see these bears in the wild.

CONTEXTUAL

After months of rehabilitation at the sanctuary, the eagle was finally strong enough to be released back into the wild.

COMPLEX

Conservationists argue that preserving the wild is not merely about protecting individual species, but about maintaining the complex ecological processes that human intervention often disrupts.

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Origin

From Middle English wild, wilde, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic wilþī, from Proto-Germanic wilþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool, grass, ear (of corn), forest”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wyld, Dutch wild, German wild, Danish vild, Swedish vild, Norwegian vill, Icelandic villtur.

Usage

Almost always preceded by the definite article 'the'.

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