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   expanse

   /ɪkˈspans/

   noun

   • 1. a wide continuous area of something: "the green expanse of the forest"
   • ▪ the distance to which something expands or can be expanded: "the moth has a wing expanse of 20 to 24 mm"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from modern Latin expansum ‘something expanded’, neuter past participle of expandere (see expand).

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   What does expanse mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. EXPANSE definition: 1. a large, open area of land, water, or sky: 2. a large, open area of land, water, or sky: 3. a….

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   What is a large expanse of something?

   • An expanse of something, usually sea, sky, or land, is a very large amount of it. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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   What is an expanse of water?

   • This in turn will go through its process of retreat until the former expanse of waters disappears. What more natural term, then, to apply to a spot of land standing alone in the midst of an expanse of water than an eye of land? Expanse definition: an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything. See examples of EXPANSE used in a sentence.

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   What is an example of an expanse?

   • something spread out; a wide expanse or extent of anything. Examples: expanse of black cloth [mourning], 1858; of wavy corn, 1781; of forest; of heaven, 1667; of crystal lakes, 1711; of life, 1758; of sand, 1869. Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

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   • Expanse: Polish Translation

     EXPANSE translate: obszar, przestrzeń, połać, obszar. Learn...

   • Expanse: German Translation

     expanse translate: weite Fläche. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Expanse in Traditional Chinese

     EXPANSE translate: （陸地、水面或天空的）廣闊區域. Learn more in the...

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     EXPANSE translate: простор, пространство . Learn more in the...

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     EXPANSE translate: extensión, extensión. Learn more in the...

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     EXPANSE translate: （陆地、水面或天空的）广阔区域. Learn more in the...

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   Expanse definition: an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything. See examples of EXPANSE used in a sentence.

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   expanse (of something) a wide and open area of something, especially land or water a wide/vast expanse of blue sky; She stood looking out over the flat expanse of fields.

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   expanse: See: area , caliber , coverage , degree , extent , latitude , magnitude , measurement , province , scope , space , territory