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- [wing-span]
- /ˈwɪŋˌspæn/
- /ˈwɪŋ.spæn/
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- [wing-span]
- /ˈwɪŋˌspæn/
Definitions of wingspan word
- noun wingspan the distance between the wing tips of an airplane. 1
- noun wingspan The maximum extent across the wings of an aircraft, bird, or other flying animal, measured from tip to tip. 1
- noun wingspan plane, bird: width of wing 1
- abbreviation WINGSPAN wingspread. 0
- countable noun wingspan The wingspan of a bird, insect, or aeroplane is the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing. 0
- noun wingspan the distance between the wing tips of an aircraft, bird, etc 0
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Origin of wingspan
First appearance:
before 1915 One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20; wing + span1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Wingspan
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wingspan popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
wingspan usage trend in Literature
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