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 Definitions of expanse  [ɪkˈspæns]  

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Definition of 'expanse' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) expanse
an uninterrupted space or area:
an expanse of water.

2.  expanse
the arch of the sky; firmament.

Etymology:  (1660–70; < L expānsum, n. use of neut. of expānsus, ptp. of expandere; see expand)

Definition of 'expanse' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) sweep, expanse
a wide scope
"the sweep of the plains"

2. (noun) area, expanse, surface area
the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
"the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

3. (noun) expanse
a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky


Definition of 'expanse' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) expanse
that which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky

2. (verb) expanse
to expand


Translation of 'expanse' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a wide area or extent
an expanse of water.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: uitgestrektheid Arabic flag Arabic: إمْتِداد، إتّساع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: шир
Brazilian flag Brazilian: extensão Czech flag Czech: rozloha German flag German: weite Fläche
Danish flag Danish: vidde; flade Greek flag Greek: έκταση Spanish flag Spanish: extensión
Estonian flag Estonian: avarus Farsi flag Farsi: گستره Finnish flag Finnish: lakeus
French flag French: étendue Hebrew flag Hebrew: מֵרחָב Hindi flag Hindi: फैलाव
Croatian flag Croatian: prostranstvo, protezanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: kiterjedés Indonesian flag Indonesian: tempat luas
Icelandic flag Icelandic: víðátta Italian flag Italian: distesa Japanese flag Japanese: 広がり
Korean flag Korean: 넓게 퍼짐 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: platybės Latvian flag Latvian: plašums
Malay flag Malay: luas terbentang Dutch flag Dutch: uitgestrektheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: (vid) flate, vidde
Polish flag Polish: obszar Persian flag Persian: گستره Pashto flag Pashto: پراخوالى، وسعت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: extensão Romanian flag Romanian: întindere Russian flag Russian: простор
Slovak flag Slovak: rozloha Slovenian flag Slovenian: prostranstvo Serbian flag Serbian: prostranstvo
Swedish flag Swedish: vidd, vid yta Thai flag Thai: พื้นที่กว้างขวาง Turkish flag Turkish: geniş alan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 廣闊,浩瀚 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: простір; широчінь Urdu flag Urdu: وسعت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dải rộng Chinese flag Chinese: 广阔(的区域)

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'expanse' - Nearby Entries  

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