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- [span]
- /spæn/
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- [span]
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Definitions of span word
- noun span the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion. 1
- noun span a spinning motion given to a ball, wheel, axle, or other object. 1
- noun span a downward movement or trend, especially one that is sudden, alarming, etc.: Steel prices went into a spin. 1
- noun span a rapid run, ride, drive, or the like, as for exercise or enjoyment: They went for a spin in the car. 1
- noun span Slang. a particular viewpoint or bias, especially in the media; slant: They tried to put a favorable spin on the news coverage of the controversial speech. 1
- noun span Also called tailspin, tail spin. Aeronautics. a maneuver in which an airplane descends in a vertical direction along a helical path of large pitch and small radius at an angle of attack greater than the critical angle, dangerous when not done intentionally or under control. 1
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Origin of span
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English spanne, sponne, spayn, Old English span(n), spon(n); cognate with German Spanne, Dutch span, Old Norse spǫnn; (v.) Middle English spaynen, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Span
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
span popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
span usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for span
noun span
- aeon — An aeon is an extremely long period of time.
- age — Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- binaries — binary file
- breadth — The breadth of something is the distance between its two sides.
verb span
- agglutinate — to adhere or cause to adhere, as with glue
- allying — to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): Russia allied itself to France.
- arch — An arch is a structure that is curved at the top and is supported on either side by a pillar, post, or wall.
- arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arcked — a simple past tense and past participle of arc.
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