Expanse Meaning
/ɪkˈspæns/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
nounAn amount of spread or stretch.
Sentence Examples
Over the wide expanse there was no sound and no movement.
In the sci-fi franchise The Expanse, human civilization extends throughout the Solar System.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Far below the airplane window, a vast ____ of golden desert stretched to the horizon.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The vast ____ of the desert stretched out before them as far as the eye could see.
Word Origin & History
From Latin expansum, from expandō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/3”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Far below the airplane window, a vast ____ of golden desert stretched to the horizon.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The vast ____ of the desert stretched out before them as far as the eye could see.