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noun

an uninterrupted space or area; a wide extent of anything: an expanse of water.

something that is spread out, especially over a relatively large area: that great expanse, the sky.

expansion; extension: the wide expanse of scientific knowledge.

Origin:
1660–70; < Neo-Latin expānsum, noun use of neuter of Latin expānsus, past participle of expandere to expand

Synonyms
1. sweep, reach, range, stretch.

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Example Sentences

The ocean's expanse was silver, dotted with rocky islets.

Peru is home to the world's biggest expanse of tropical glaciers.

Water once ran through large segments of this expanse.

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The ocean's expanse was silver, dotted with rocky islets.

Peru is home to the world's biggest expanse of tropical glaciers.

Water once ran through large segments of this expanse.

But trying to predict how the new fence would affect the vast zebra herds that rely on that expanse of parkland was no easy task.

Plantation shutters blocked an enormous expanse of floor-to-ceiling windows.

On the iPad, the vast expanse of screen makes more things.

Orange fire seems to run down a watery expanse amid poles of darkness.

Chicago's mayor has put a green roof on city hall-a miniature expanse of prairie that soaks up water and absorbs heat.

The green of a lone plant lends stark contrast to the empty expanse of sand in this desert scene.

The skeleton was a thriving oasis in a vast, desertlike expanse.

Remove the metal fence and the expanse of concrete beyond.

Nilmeier, in the big agricultural expanse in between, are striving to keep their tractors and harvesters running at all.

One was the fact that its continental expanse was politically unified.

The colors from the small crosses appear to spread onto the white expanse surrounding each intersection.

There's enough room left over for a small expanse of lawn for the kids' play structures.

The vast expanse of land, water, and air surrounding the plant is still laced with lethal levels of radioactive contaminants.

He peers into the expanse of usage, looking for the glimmer and shine of previously uncatalogued words and expressions.

Cars are used to bullying and jostling their way across the full expanse of the road.

Never before had a large, populated expanse of private land been converted into a national park.

Or maybe you see an expanse of cedars bearing a snowfall, deer perusing the bark, and nuthatches hanging from a limb.

Build your dream castle on the wide expanse of sand.

Gagra was a precious refuge of pleasure inside communism's bleak expanse.

It is tucked into a wide expanse of woodland, meadows and fields, laced with trails.

Imagine this dry expanse underwater, with whales hunting and.

The single expanse of lawn serves as both driveway and entry path.

The switchbacks through the otherworldly alpine expanse were numbing.

Every toxic combination of culture and delusion is available in that expanse.

Pohnpeians built nearly a hundred artificial islets atop a flat expanse of reef.

There visitors pick up the shuttle bus and enjoy a hop-on-hop-off ride through the wintry expanse of the tundra.

Imagine this dry expanse underwater, with whales hunting and diving.

In the vast expanse of space, nothing matters more than speed.

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expanse (ɪkˈspæns)

—n
1.	an uninterrupted surface of something that spreads or extends, esp over a wide area; stretch: an expanse of water
2.	expansion or extension

[C17: from New Latin expansum the heavens, from Latin expansus spread out, from expandere to expand]

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Word Origin & History

expanse

1660s, from L. expansum, neut. of expansus, pp. of expandere (see expand).

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