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Synonyms for SPAN
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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. spannoun

    the complete duration of something

    "the job was finished in the span of an hour"

    Synonyms:
    brace, twosome, pair, straddle, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, bridge, yoke, duo, twain

  2. spannoun

    the distance or interval between two points

    Synonyms:
    brace, twosome, pair, straddle, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, bridge, yoke, duo, twain

  3. 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

  4. spannoun

    a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)

    Synonyms:
    brace, twosome, pair, straddle, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, bridge, yoke, duo, twain

  5. bridge, spannoun

    a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

    Synonyms:
    duad, pair, bridgework, yoke, nosepiece, duet, dyad, twosome, couplet, bridge, straddle, brace, twain, couple, span, bridge circuit, duo, distich, bridge deck

  6. 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

  7. 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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. spannoun

    Synonyms:
    nine inches

  2. spannoun

    Synonyms:
    brief period

  3. spannoun

    Synonyms:
    [U. S.] pair (of horses)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. spannoun

    Synonyms:
    nine inches, team, yoke, pair

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "span":

    calibration, cover, duration, period, interval, expectancy

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How to use SPAN in a sentence?

  1. Prayuth Chan-ocha:

    The human trafficking issue is not one that we can solve in a short time span, it is a complex issue that has accumulated over a long period of time.

  2. Mike Halloran:

    A lot of wealth has come off the table for senior executives in the span of 18 months.

  3. Drew Barrymore:

    Cut it this has not worked or be Elizabeth Taylor, and I have too many more to go. I never want to be entwined with someone like that again ever. You break up, and you move on. You get divorced, and its just so different. I love that we are trying to hold on to an institution that [started] when the closest person to you for companionship was a three-day horse ride away and your life span was 30 years.

  4. Francis Bacon:

    The world's a bubble and the life of man Less than a span.

  5. Luke Strotz:

    Both maximum life span and metabolic rate scale with temperature, any change in global temperatures associated with climate change is thus going to affect organisms on a physiological level.


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