What does sprawling mean?
Definitions for sprawling
sprawl·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
sprawl, sprawlingadjective
an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
sprawling, straggling, rambling, stragglyadjective
spreading out in different directions
"sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
Wiktionary
sprawlingadjective
That sprawls
sprawlingadjective
Expansive; extensive
ChatGPT
sprawling
Sprawling refers to spreading out or extending over a large area in an irregular, uneven, or disorganized way. It can pertain to physical growth, like a city's development, or abstract concepts, such as the spread of an idea or behavior. The term often carries a negative connotation, implying a lack of planning, containment, or control.
Webster Dictionary
Sprawling
of Sprawl
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sprawling in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sprawling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of sprawling in a Sentence
Cydney Ireland said. The sprawling, 58,000-student main campus in downtown Columbus is one of the nation's largest. Fox News contributor Rod Wheeler, a former Washington DC homicide detective and an Ohio State University alum, said the school's police department is highly trained. People don’t need to panic.
Their dogged determination and skilled investigative techniques were crucial in exposing and dissecting this sprawling corruption scheme.
It wasn’t a change of heart that caused Beijing to pull back its regulatory push on tech companies, it was a concession to economic reality, the goal of furthering state control over sprawling tech empires, however, wasn’t abandoned.
We just heard a loud noise sounding like thunder and saw that the huge mountain collapsed and a huge wave of rubble was moving and sprawling on a wide area, it was just like a nightmare.
This site is so sprawling that we're able to build on the campus. We're getting better and better at this because it seems like the past couple of years the potential playoff team has been the Super Bowl host city, starting in November we started to build contingencies around each round. It’s no secret that the championship game scenario is the most challenging scenario because it obviously shortened everything.
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Translations for sprawling
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- المترامية الاطرافArabic
- vidtstrakteDanish
- sich ausbreitendGerman
- αναδιπλώνεταιGreek
- desmadejadoSpanish
- tentaculaireFrench
- terpeszkedésHungarian
- luasIndonesian
- tentacolareItalian
- 広大なJapanese
- sprawlingLatin
- gespartelDutch
- viltvoksendeNorwegian
- rozwalonyPolish
- alastrandoPortuguese
- asupra luiRomanian
- spretigSwedish
- yayılanTurkish
- چراغUrdu
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