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- DictionaryEx·panse/ikˈspans/
noun
- 1. an area of something, typically land or sea, presenting a wide continuous surface: "the green expanse of the forest"
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.
Expanse definition: an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything. See examples of EXPANSE used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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]
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 uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything. an expanse of water. 2. something that is spread out, esp. over a relatively large area. that great expanse, the sky. 3. expansion; extension. the wide expanse of scientific knowledge. SYNONYMS 1. sweep, reach, range, stretch.
Britannica Dictionary definition of EXPANSE. [count] : a large and usually flat open space or area. The explorer gazed across the vast Arctic expanse. — usually + of. the vast/broad expanse of the ocean. an expanse of desert. great expanses of pavement.
expanse (of something) jump to other results a wide and open area of something, especially land or water a wide/vast expanse of blue sky flat expanses of open farmland
