Meaning
2 sensesA wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
просторprostor
a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
An amount of spread or stretch.
Examples
8 sentencesFelix admired the vast expanses of wilderness.
The university has a large expanse of forest.
Over the wide expanse there was no sound and no movement.
The night was calm, the sea a vast expanse of black.
William looked out the airplane window and saw the vast expanse of clouds below.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky:
Origin
From Latin expansum, from expandō.From Latin expansum, from expandō.
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Forms
plural: expansesSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a wide scope:sweep
- the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary:areasurface area
Word family
3 related wordsDerivedexpansed