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noun
- 1. an area of something, typically land or sea, presenting a wide continuous surface: "the green expanse of the forest"
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1. : firmament. 2. : great extent of something spread out. an expanse of calm ocean. Synonyms. breadth. distance. expansion. extent. field. length. plain. reach. sheet. spread. stretch. waste. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of expanse in a Sentence.
a large, open area of land, water, or sky: expanse of The Great Plains are a broad expanse of grassland. vast expanse vast expanses of sand and pine. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Space - general words. bay. blank. chamber. dead space. elbow room. expanse of something. floor. footprint. multi-chambered. non-spatial. room. space.
noun. an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything: an expanse of water. Synonyms: stretch, range, reach, sweep. something that is spread out, especially over a relatively large area: that great expanse, the sky. expansion; extension: the wide expanse of scientific knowledge. Discover More. Word History and Origins.
a very wide space or area: the vast expanse of Russia. (Definition of expanse from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of expanse.
An expanse is a huge area you can look at all at once. If you climb to the top of a mountain, suggest that your fellow climbers take time to admire the expanse of trees below.
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.
An expanse of something, usually sea, sky, or land, is a very large amount of it.
1. an uninterrupted surface of something that spreads or extends, esp over a wide area; stretch: an expanse of water. 2. expansion or extension. [C17: from New Latin expansum the heavens, from Latin expansus spread out, from expandere to expand]
a large, open area of land, sea, or sky: a vast expanse of water. (Definition of expanse from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of expanse. in Chinese (Traditional) （陸地、水面或天空的）廣闊區域… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （陆地、水面或天空的）广阔区域… See more. in Spanish. extensión… See more. in Portuguese. extensão…
an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything: an expanse of water. something that is spread out, especially over a relatively large area: that great expanse, the sky. expansion ; extension: the wide expanse of scientific knowledge.
