sweepingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈswiː.pɪŋ/us/ˈswiː.pɪŋ/sweeping adjective [ before noun ] (GENERAL)
affecting many things or people; large:
It is obvious that sweeping changes are needed in the legal system.
We need to make sweeping cuts to our budget.
sweeping statement/generalization disapproving
something that you say or write that is too general and that has not been carefully thought about:
Sweeping generalizations about this complex and difficult situation are not helpful.
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Big and quite big
- appreciable
- baronial
- burly
- capacious
- commodious
- fair
- grand
- heavy
- juicy
- L, l
- large-scale
- largish
- macro
- mass
- side
- spacious
- supersize
- swamp
- the bigger the better idiom
- uncommon
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sweeping adjective [ before noun ] (WIN)
A sweeping win or victory is an easy or complete win:
The candidate failed to win the sweeping victory he expected.
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Complete and whole
- A, a
- a/one hundred percent idiom
- absolutely
- all or nothing idiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- completely
- flat
- full-fledged
- full-length
- fully
- fully fledged
- heart and soul idiom
- root
- totally
- unadulterated
- unconditional
- uncut
- undivided
- unequivocal
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