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span

Definition

  • noun: the period of time between two dates or events
  • noun: the distance from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger of a spread hand
  • verb: to continue throughout (a period of time)
  • verb: to measure by or as if by the hand with fingers and thumb extended
  • archaic past of 'spin'
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: hobble, team, harness

Examples

  • The symphonies were composed over a 'span of' eight years.

  • It's a 'span of' a few hundred miles to cross the state.

  • Her academic interests 'span' a wide variety of topics.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) an over-texter. Over-texter? That's not even a thing. Oh really? So you don't remember the time you sent unanswered texts in a five-minute span? My phone vibrated itself off the desk. I think it was committing suicide. It's okay. This isn't the first time I've been left out. At camp, nobody would (..)
    2017 TvShow: Brooklyn Nine-Nine Title: #DUPE# Season: 4 Episode 11