expanse

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Pronunciation

/ɪkˈspæns/

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/ɪkˈspæns/ · /ɛkˈspæns/ · [ɪkˈspɛəns] · /əkˈspɛns/

Definition of expanse

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.

“That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens.”

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noun

A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.

“That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens.”
An amount of spread or stretch.

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From Latin expansum, from expandō.

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