Значение

значений: 3
  1. Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.

    The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system.

    He loves making sweeping statements without the slightest evidence.

    weitreichend

    масштабныйmasštabnyj, широкомасштабныйširokomasštabnyj

  2. Completely overwhelming.

    He claimed a sweeping victory.

    durchschlagend

  3. Moving in a continuous motion, rather than by intermittent jumps. (For example, the second hand on a clock face may move either in the sweeping manner or in the ticking manner.)

Ещё определения
  • ignoring distinctions
  • taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination

Переводы

языков: 4
Русский
По значениям 1
wide, broad, affecting many things:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
wide, broad, affecting many things:
completely overwhelming:

Происхождение

By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.

By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.

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Формы

more sweeping, most sweeping
Сравнительная степеньmore sweeping Урок
Превосходная степеньmost sweeping Урок

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 26

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 3

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