- interval
- length
- period
- space
- spell
- stretch
- term
- amount
- compass
- extent
- measure
- reach
- spread
- time
- connect
- cover
- cross
- extend
- traverse
- arch
- bridge
- ford
- link
- range
- reach
- vault
- go across
- pass over
On this page you’ll find 110 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to span, such as: interval, length, period, space, spell, and stretch.
- disconnect
- unlink
- compress
- concentrate
- condense
- shorten
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The Kuwaiti government claimed that they had bought new units just days after the Iraqis surrendered, yet Kuwait had hardly received any basic aid during that time span, let alone new incubators.
THE GREAT LIE OF THE FIRST GULF WARMAT NASHEDAUGUST 17, 2020OZY
That would suggest Manchester made around $5 million in an 18-month span, but he told the Union-Tribune earlier this year that most of his profit was eaten up by consultants and other unspecified costs.
HOW THE CITY CAME TO LEASE A LEMONLISA HALVERSTADT AND JESSE MARXAUGUST 10, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
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WORDS RELATED TO SPAN
- aeon
- blue moon
- century
- date
- day
- duration
- epoch
- era
- generation
- interim
- interval
- life
- lifetime
- millennium
- span
- arc
- archway
- bend
- bow
- curvature
- dome
- semicircle
- span
- vault
- arc
- bend
- bow
- bridge
- camber
- extend
- form
- hook
- hump
- hunch
- round
- shape
- span
- stretch
- archways
- arcs
- bends
- bows
- curvatures
- domes
- semicircles
- spans
- vaults
- arcs
- bends
- bows
- bridges
- cambers
- extends
- forms
- hooks
- humps
- hunches
- rounds
- shapes
- spans
- stretches
- broadness
- diameter
- distance across
- latitude
- span
- spread
- wideness
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extend over, extend across
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extension, physical condition
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spannoun
the complete duration of something
«the job was finished in the span of an hour»
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brace, twosome, pair, straddle, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, bridge, yoke, duo, twain -
spannoun
the distance or interval between two points
Synonyms:
brace, twosome, pair, straddle, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, bridge, yoke, duo, twain -
couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duadnoun
two items of the same kind
Synonyms:
pas de deux, duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, coupling, bridge, yoke, pair, gallus, duet, dyad, twosome, couplet, match, mates, suspender, braces, straddle, brace, twain, duette, couple, span, duo, distich -
spannoun
a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
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brace, twosome, pair, straddle, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, bridge, yoke, duo, twain -
bridge, spannoun
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
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duad, pair, bridgework, yoke, nosepiece, duet, dyad, twosome, couplet, bridge, straddle, brace, twain, couple, span, bridge circuit, duo, distich, bridge deck -
straddle, spanverb
the act of sitting or standing astride
Synonyms:
brace, span, twosome, pair, straddle, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, bridge, yoke, duo, twain -
cross, traverse, span, sweepverb
to cover or extend over an area or time period
«Rivers traverse the valley floor», «The parking lot spans 3 acres»; «The novel spans three centuries»
Synonyms:
sail, cut through, get over, scotch, swing out, frustrate, spoil, cut across, foil, drag, sweep up, span, hybridize, brush, thwart, tangle, crossbreed, baffle, sweep, intersect, traverse, broom, pass over, swing, drag in, cover, cross, hybridise, get across, deny, embroil, bilk, track, interbreed
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Cicero:
Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
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Danny Shapiro:
We have a single architecture that will enable the automaker to span every potential level of automation they want to deliver and put that software-updatable system in every single vehicle.
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Cristina Ferraz:
Avid TikTok has changed some aspects of our lives negatively … it has shortened our attention span and allows for the proliferation of misinformation, if Avid TikTok were to go away, it would remove one of the free sources of joy, connection and entertainment still available to anyone, anywhere with a Wi-Fi connection.
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Sam Wass:
This paper isn’t looking at attention span per se, rather, it is about how second-by-second changes in a parent’s attention influence a child’s attention. So if I choose to pay attention to nice things, my baby is more likely to pay attention to them too.
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Chief Smith:
As the events transpired, Marlin Mack engaged in a shootout with our officers and I believe it was the fourth shootout in the span of a couple of hours, in which Marlin Mack was then shot and killed.
Translations for SPAN
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- شبرArabic
- pam, períodeCatalan, Valencian
- rozpětíCzech
- σπιθαμήGreek
- luz, cuarta, palmo, abarcarSpanish
- kulkea, hetki, parivaljakko, kattaa, jänneväli, vaaksaFinnish
- s’étendre, chevaucher, couvrir, empanFrench
- réiseIrish
- कालHindi
- áthidal, átívelHungarian
- luce, campata, coprire, periodo, spannaItalian
- بستKurdish
- spanLatin
- whangaMāori
- rozciągać się, obejmować, mieć zasięgPolish
- período, palmo, espaço gerado, abranger, vãoPortuguese
- пядь, спен, пери́одRussian
- preklenúťSlovak
- sträcka sig över, spänna över, spannSwedish
- జానTelugu
- مدتUrdu
- aspagneWalloon
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span
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verb
Definition of span
as in to measure
to find out the size, extent, or amount of
tried to span the distance between the two trees by eye alone
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measure
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gauge
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evaluate
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lay off
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as in pair
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pair
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half
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brace
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partnership
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coordinate
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match
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companion
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space
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while
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date
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time
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day
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era
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age
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epoch
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vintage
Phrases Containing span
- life span
- life span
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Англо-русский словарь
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1. [spæn] n (сущ.)
1. пядь, спен (22,8 см)
2. интервал, промежуток времени
3. 1) расстояние от одного конца до другого; размах рук; ширина (реки и т. п.)
2) стр. расстояние между опорами
3) спец. пролёт (мостового крана, арки и т. п.)
4. 1) охват, объём
2) вчт. объём машинной памяти
5. стр. пролётное строение
6. ж.-д. перегон
7. ав. размах (лопасти, крыльев)
8. тех. зев (гаечного ключа); раствор (губок тисков)
9. мат. хорда (дуги)
10. физ. размах, двойная амплитуда (колебаний)
2. [spæn] v (глаг.)
1. 1) перекрывать (об арке, крыше и т. п.)
2) наводить мост или переправу
3) соединять берега (о мосте)
4) заполнять (пробел, промежуток)
2. охватывать, включать
3. переправляться
4. эл. натягивать (провод)
5. муз. брать октаву или большой интервал (одной рукой)
6. 1) измерять пядью
2) мерить
II
1. [spæn] n (сущ.) амер.
парная упряжка (лошадей, мулов, волов)
2. [spæn] v (глаг.)
1. 1) запрягать лошадей, мулов, волов
2) амер. составлять парную упряжку (по масти, росту)
2. мор.
1) стягивать верёвками
2) крепить, затягивать
II [spæn] past от spin1 IV [spæn] past от spin2 II V [spæn] past от spin3 II
Синонимы,антонимы
Синонимы: span n.
1 bridge, link, stretch, overpass, Chiefly Brit flyover: We
drove across the entire span in less than five minutes.
2
course, extent, interval, stretch, period, time, term, spell:
In the short span of six hours we had crossed the Atlantic.
—v.
3 cross, stretch over, reach over, extend over, go over,
bridge: A rude bridge spans the river at Lexington. Their lives
spanned more than a century.
Фразы, идиомы, фразовые глаголы, сленг , примеры предложений
Примеры фраз, тематические словари
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to speck and span — виднеться тут и там |
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Wing span Размах крыла |
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life span срок службы |
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bridge span — пролёт моста |
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span width ширина пролётов |
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Разговорные фразы
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<span class=’header’>spic(k)-and-span new span> абсолютно новый; с иголочки, не ношенный, только что купленный Syn: brand-new, span-new (фразы) |
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<span class=’header’>spic(k) and span span> сущ. что-л. совершенно новое; безупречно чистая, без единого пятнышка вещь (фразы) |
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Идиоматические выражения,фразы
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span of control сфера непосредственного подчинения |
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spick and span 1. чисто-начисто; без единого пятнышка; безукоризненно чисто; 2. опрятно |
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Фразовые глаголы
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life is but a span ş жизнь коротка |
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spick and span элегантный, щегольской; ş с иголочки (отсюда spick-and-spanness элегантность) If ever there was dressiness it was here. It was the personification of the old term spick and span. (Th. Dreiser, ‘Sister Carrie’, ch. XI) — Театр блистал нарядами. Публика была одета, как говорится, с иголочки. Don’t be absurd, Dursley… You can’t expect a fellow to look very spick and span after two days on this island. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Faraway’, ch. X) — Не глупите, Дерсли… Не можете же вы ожидать, что у человека сохранится элегантный вид после двух дней пребывания на этом острове. Now and then one saw a pagoda, sometimes spick and span, but more often crumbling to pieces… (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Gentleman in the Parlour’, ch. II) — Изредка нам попадались пагоды, иногда красивые и ухоженные, но чаще полуразрушенные. |
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Словарь ненормативной лексики английского языка
This cardigan doesn’t fit your spaniel boobicles! — Эта кофта — не твой фасончик, с твоими титьками, как у спаниеля уши!
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