spannoun
uk/spæn/us/spæn/span noun (TIME)
[ C usually singular ] the period of time that sometimes exists or happens:
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Periods of time - general words
- age
- at/in one sitting idiom
- day
- duration
- free time
- gap
- interval
- length
- lifetime
- making
- me time
- rest
- run
- shortly
- slot
- spasm
- spell
- stretch
- term
- timescale
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span noun (LENGTH)
[ C ] the length of something from one end to the other:
[ C ] the area of a bridge, etc. between two supports:
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Measurements in general
- bathymetry
- deep
- dimension
- distance
- draught
- floor-length
- hecto-
- imperial
- length
- length
- linear
- measurable
- mega
- pico-
- pitch
- ply
- tyre pressure
- unit
- vital statistics
- wheelbase
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spanverb
uk/spæn/us/spæn/span verb (SPIN)
past simple of spin
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Revolving, rotating and spinning
- centrifugal
- Foucault pendulum
- go round
- gyrate
- in rotation idiom
- rev
- rotate
- rotation
- round and round idiom
- rpm
- sidespin
- spin
- spin (sb) around
- swim
- swing
- tailspin
- twiddle
- twirly
- wheel
- wheel round
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span verb (TIME)
[ T ] -nn- to exist or continue for a particular length of time:
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Continue & last
- (it's) business as usual idiom
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- nine
- push
- run on
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- stick
- string
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span verb (BRIDGE)
[ T ] -nn- If a bridge spans a river, it goes from one side to the other:
spanadjective
uk/spæn/us/spæn/→ spick and span
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Clean & tidy
- (as) clean as a (new) pin idiom
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- apple pie
- aseptic
- be in apple-pie order idiom
- manicured
- neat
- neatly
- neatness
- ordered
- orderly
- shipshape
- spick
- spotless
- squeaky-clean
- stainless
- sterile
- straight
- tidy
- trim
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