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Meanings of
expanse
in English
Portuguese
extensão
Catalan
àrea
Spanish
superficie
Back to the meaning
The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary.
area
surface area
Portuguese
extensão
Spanish
extensión
Back to the meaning
A wide scope.
sweep
Spanish
extensión
Usage of
expanse
in English
1
The pilot pointed towards the east across the
expanse
of brown water.
2
The bright
expanse
above the earth was the realm of the living.
3
But that long, open
expanse
of green had caught the Jinni's attention.
4
Over Stonebridge and down the flat
expanse
of the great stone road.
5
Across the wide
expanse
ringed by grand buildings sits the president's mansion.
6
The more we traveled, the greater seemed the
expanse
of the sea.
7
The green
expanse
opened out before them, the buildings in its midst.
8
One such example is the vast
expanse
of receptors on cell surfaces.
9
The vast space in front of Ashvatthama became one
expanse
of arrows.
10
When we reached that long
expanse
of sand it was low tide.
11
A dark spot in the shining
expanse
of fog swam into view.
12
But actually all he glimpsed was a long
expanse
of inner thigh.
13
They came to Great Jones, and then the electric-lit
expanse
of Broadway.
14
The focus is on a large
expanse
of woodland northeast of Paris.
15
On the iPad, the vast
expanse
of screen makes more things possible.
16
They passed together across the vast gravelled
expanse
of the Front Quadrangle.
Other examples for "expanse"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
expanse
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
vast expanse
wide expanse
broad expanse
great expanse
flat expanse
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Translations for
expanse
Portuguese
extensão
Catalan
àrea
superfície
Spanish
superficie
área
extensión
amplitud
Expanse
through the time
Expanse
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common