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Definition of expanse in English: expansenoun ɪkˈspansɛkˈspansɪkˈspæns 1A wide continuous area of something. the green expanse of the forest Example sentencesExamples - Opposite the hotel is the start of the path up to an astoundingly beautiful area of mountain-tops and shining expanses of water.
- Prior to Shepherd Market being laid out in the 1730s, this area was just an expanse of open fields on the western edge of town.
- The wide expanse of floor between the two areas was pale, marble patterned tile.
- Much of it is composed of rugged, tall mountain chains and wide expanses of barren desert-like plains.
- If your floor offers a wide expanse of uninterrupted space, a larger pattern may be used.
- You can get a shot of her from behind, with the wide expanse of Beach Road stretching away from her.
- The back roads are very much quieter than those I normally drive over, with much to see, and wide expanses of landscape to admire.
- Here we washed our feet before entering the wide expanse of virgin forest.
- Ten years ago, the area was a vast expanse of industrial wasteland.
- Directly above the bar, it was huge, no walls to encumber the wide expanse of the room.
- In presettlement times, lightning fires spread over great expanses of upland forests, sometimes for weeks, until reaching a river or large wetlands.
- From between two ridges I stared out across a green expanse stretching as far as I could see.
- She leaned on the rail and viewed a large expanse of nature that continued as far as she could see.
- Our main testing and exhibition hall is adjacent to a grassy expanse and a patio area.
- I booked tables four and five, which faced the wider expanse of the room.
- The remote, fell-foot hamlet of Croglin lies tucked in among the fells and folds and dales and wide expanses of brooding water that pock the untamed landscape of Cumberland.
- Across the other side of South London lies Richmond Park, a huge expanse of green untroubled by public transport.
- She looked around at the buildings, and the wide expanse of the park before them.
- We travelled by jeep and by foot through the wide expanses of paddy fields where women worked all day in the blistering sunshine with babies tied to their backs.
- For a while I sat on a bench among the sand-dunes looking out over a wide expanse of sand and out to the sea.
Synonyms area, stretch, sweep, tract, swathe, plain, field, belt, region sea, carpet, blanket, sheet breadth, range, spread, reach, space, extent, vastness - 1.1 The distance to which something expands or can be expanded.
the moth has a wing expanse of 20 to 24 mm Example sentencesExamples - This is especially true given the size and expanse of the global economy.
Synonyms size, dimensions, magnitude, measurements
Origin Mid 17th century: from modern Latin expansum 'something expanded', neuter past participle of expandere (see expand). Rhymes askance, bromance, finance, Hans, Hanse, manse, nance, Penzance, Romance Definition of expanse in US English: expansenounikˈspansɪkˈspæns 1An area of something, typically land or sea, presenting a wide continuous surface. the green expanse of the forest Example sentencesExamples - Our main testing and exhibition hall is adjacent to a grassy expanse and a patio area.
- Ten years ago, the area was a vast expanse of industrial wasteland.
- If your floor offers a wide expanse of uninterrupted space, a larger pattern may be used.
- The back roads are very much quieter than those I normally drive over, with much to see, and wide expanses of landscape to admire.
- In presettlement times, lightning fires spread over great expanses of upland forests, sometimes for weeks, until reaching a river or large wetlands.
- Across the other side of South London lies Richmond Park, a huge expanse of green untroubled by public transport.
- From between two ridges I stared out across a green expanse stretching as far as I could see.
- Opposite the hotel is the start of the path up to an astoundingly beautiful area of mountain-tops and shining expanses of water.
- She looked around at the buildings, and the wide expanse of the park before them.
- Here we washed our feet before entering the wide expanse of virgin forest.
- Much of it is composed of rugged, tall mountain chains and wide expanses of barren desert-like plains.
- The wide expanse of floor between the two areas was pale, marble patterned tile.
- For a while I sat on a bench among the sand-dunes looking out over a wide expanse of sand and out to the sea.
- The remote, fell-foot hamlet of Croglin lies tucked in among the fells and folds and dales and wide expanses of brooding water that pock the untamed landscape of Cumberland.
- We travelled by jeep and by foot through the wide expanses of paddy fields where women worked all day in the blistering sunshine with babies tied to their backs.
- Directly above the bar, it was huge, no walls to encumber the wide expanse of the room.
- She leaned on the rail and viewed a large expanse of nature that continued as far as she could see.
- You can get a shot of her from behind, with the wide expanse of Beach Road stretching away from her.
- I booked tables four and five, which faced the wider expanse of the room.
- Prior to Shepherd Market being laid out in the 1730s, this area was just an expanse of open fields on the western edge of town.
Synonyms area, stretch, sweep, tract, swathe, plain, field, belt, region - 1.1 The distance to which something expands or can be expanded.
the moth has a wing expanse of 20 to 24 mm Example sentencesExamples - This is especially true given the size and expanse of the global economy.
Synonyms size, dimensions, magnitude, measurements
Origin Mid 17th century: from modern Latin expansum ‘something expanded’, neuter past participle of expandere (see expand). |