expanse

expanse

See also: expansé

English

Etymology

From Latin expansum, from expandō.

Noun

expanse (plural expanses)

1. A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
   • 1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/3”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days‎:

     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.

2. An amount of spread or stretch.

Related terms

• expand
• expansion

Translations

A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky

Bulgarian: шир (bg) m (šir), простор (bg) m (prostor) Catalan: extensió (ca) f Danish: vidde c

Lithuanian: platybės f pl, tyrai m pl Maori: tāmoremore Spanish: extensión (es) f

An amount of spread or stretch

Bulgarian: протежение (bg) n (proteženie)

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Latin

Participle

expanse

1. vocative masculine singular of expansus