Expanse
noun
A big, wide, open area that seems to go on forever.
She gazed out across the vast expanse of the desert.
Often appears as...
- vast expanse
- open expanse
noun
An amount of something spread out over a large area.
The expanse of water in the lake is breathtaking.
Often appears as...
- wide expanse
- expanse of water
noun
A big, wide, open area that seems to go on forever.
She gazed out across the vast expanse of the desert.
Often appears as...
- vast expanse
- open expanse
noun
An amount of something spread out over a large area.
The expanse of water in the lake is breathtaking.
Often appears as...
- wide expanse
- expanse of water
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Magnitude Implication
Implies an overwhelmingly large area, visually or metaphorically.
The photo captured the endless expanse of the starry night sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Impact
Highlights the visual awe one might feel when observing large areas.
From the mountain top, the expanse of the valley took my breath away.
Pro Tip 3/3Openness Emphasis
Used when emphasizing the lack of obstacles or boundaries in a vast area.
The open expanse of the plains allowed for an unobstructed view.
Pro Tip 1/3Magnitude Implication
Implies an overwhelmingly large area, visually or metaphorically.
The photo captured the endless expanse of the starry night sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Impact
Highlights the visual awe one might feel when observing large areas.
From the mountain top, the expanse of the valley took my breath away.
Pro Tip 3/3Openness Emphasis
Used when emphasizing the lack of obstacles or boundaries in a vast area.
The open expanse of the plains allowed for an unobstructed view.
Pro Tip 1/3Magnitude Implication
Implies an overwhelmingly large area, visually or metaphorically.
The photo captured the endless expanse of the starry night sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Impact
Highlights the visual awe one might feel when observing large areas.
From the mountain top, the expanse of the valley took my breath away.
Pro Tip 3/3Openness Emphasis
Used when emphasizing the lack of obstacles or boundaries in a vast area.
The open expanse of the plains allowed for an unobstructed view.
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Andrew Blum: What is the...
the blue marble picture, and it's similarly meant to suggest, I think, that we can't really understand it as a whole. We're always sort of small in the face of its expanse. So if there was this world and this screen, and if there was the physical world around me, I couldn't ever get them together in the same place.
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James Balog: Time-lapse...
Okay, how big was that? It's hard to get it. So an illustration again, gives you a feeling for scale. A mile of retreat in 75 minutes across the calving face, in that particular event, three miles wide. The block was three-fifths of a mile deep, and if you compare the expanse of the calving face
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What obligation do...
Well, it's like a vast, cavernous expanse, where there are people talking about sports, arguing about politics, yelling at each other, flirting, trying to get a job, all in the same place, with no walls, no divisions, and the owner gets paid more the louder the noise is. No wonder it's a mess.
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Katie Mack: Life-altering...
across the breadth of an endless expanse. What we may know, given time, and what splendors may never, ever reach us I want to make it mean something to you. That you are in the cosmos. That you are of the cosmos. That you were born from stardust
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Infinity according to...
And as one moment follows another, each possibility begets another set of divergent futures. Borges laid out infinite expanses of time in his labyrinths, but he also explored the idea of condensing all of time into a single moment.
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Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
well hidden secret in the rainforests of africa distinct clearings buried deep within the forest these strange islands are located in a northwest corner of the republic of congo where an expanse of lush vegetation makes up odds ala
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Thousands of Sharks...
isolated seamounts like this one create a a cease where life can flourish in the comparatively empty expanses of the open ocean
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The Blue Planet...
isolated seamounts like this one create a a seas where life can flourish in the comparatively empty expanses of the open ocean
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Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
isolated seamounts like this one create a a seas where life can flourish in the comparatively empty expanses of the open ocean
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Why are Thousands of...
isolated seamounts like this one create a a seas where life can flourish in the comparatively empty expanses of the open ocean
Video examples
Andrew Blum: What is the...
the blue marble picture, and it's similarly meant to suggest, I think, that we can't really understand it as a whole. We're always sort of small in the face of its expanse. So if there was this world and this screen, and if there was the physical world around me, I couldn't ever get them together in the same place.
Video examples
James Balog: Time-lapse...
Okay, how big was that? It's hard to get it. So an illustration again, gives you a feeling for scale. A mile of retreat in 75 minutes across the calving face, in that particular event, three miles wide. The block was three-fifths of a mile deep, and if you compare the expanse of the calving face
Video examples
What obligation do...
Well, it's like a vast, cavernous expanse, where there are people talking about sports, arguing about politics, yelling at each other, flirting, trying to get a job, all in the same place, with no walls, no divisions, and the owner gets paid more the louder the noise is. No wonder it's a mess.
Video examples
Katie Mack: Life-altering...
across the breadth of an endless expanse. What we may know, given time, and what splendors may never, ever reach us I want to make it mean something to you. That you are in the cosmos. That you are of the cosmos. That you were born from stardust
Video examples
Infinity according to...
And as one moment follows another, each possibility begets another set of divergent futures. Borges laid out infinite expanses of time in his labyrinths, but he also explored the idea of condensing all of time into a single moment.
Video examples
Gorilla vs. Gorilla PIPE...
well hidden secret in the rainforests of africa distinct clearings buried deep within the forest these strange islands are located in a northwest corner of the republic of congo where an expanse of lush vegetation makes up odds ala
Video examples
Thousands of Sharks...
isolated seamounts like this one create a a cease where life can flourish in the comparatively empty expanses of the open ocean
Video examples
The Blue Planet...
isolated seamounts like this one create a a seas where life can flourish in the comparatively empty expanses of the open ocean
Video examples
Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
isolated seamounts like this one create a a seas where life can flourish in the comparatively empty expanses of the open ocean
Video examples
Why are Thousands of...
isolated seamounts like this one create a a seas where life can flourish in the comparatively empty expanses of the open ocean
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought.
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Herbert Hoover
American President
America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factories or mines, magnificent cities, or millions of automobiles and radios.
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Andrea Jung
American Businesswoman
China is going to be one of Avon's largest market opportunities. It has a large geographic expanse, with hundreds of thousands of women in small villages really striving to make an earnings opportunity for themselves.
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Sarah McLachlan
Canadian Musician
I'd much rather be in the expanse of the wilderness because it feels like part of my world. It's a unique perspective. You're this tiny speck in a huge environment, and it's nice to be reminded of that.
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Solomon Northup
American Businessman
There are few sights more pleasant to the eye than a wide cotton field when it is in bloom. It presents an appearance of purity, like an immaculate expanse of light, new-fallen snow.
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Ha-Joon Chang
South Korean Economist
The economy is much bigger than the market. We will not be able to build a good economy - nor a good society - unless we look at the vast expanse beyond the market.
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Abraham Kuyper
Dutch Theologian
In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine!'.
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Abbie Cornish
Australian Actress
Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
How can a speck of a universe be physically identical to the great expanse we view in the heavens above?
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Sam Jaeger
American Actor
There's a huge expanse of this continent that so seldom gets photographed.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought.
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Herbert Hoover
American President
America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factories or mines, magnificent cities, or millions of automobiles and radios.
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Andrea Jung
American Businesswoman
China is going to be one of Avon's largest market opportunities. It has a large geographic expanse, with hundreds of thousands of women in small villages really striving to make an earnings opportunity for themselves.
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Sarah McLachlan
Canadian Musician
I'd much rather be in the expanse of the wilderness because it feels like part of my world. It's a unique perspective. You're this tiny speck in a huge environment, and it's nice to be reminded of that.
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Solomon Northup
American Businessman
There are few sights more pleasant to the eye than a wide cotton field when it is in bloom. It presents an appearance of purity, like an immaculate expanse of light, new-fallen snow.
Quote examples
Ha-Joon Chang
South Korean Economist
The economy is much bigger than the market. We will not be able to build a good economy - nor a good society - unless we look at the vast expanse beyond the market.
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Abraham Kuyper
Dutch Theologian
In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine!'.
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Abbie Cornish
Australian Actress
Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
How can a speck of a universe be physically identical to the great expanse we view in the heavens above?
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Sam Jaeger
American Actor
There's a huge expanse of this continent that so seldom gets photographed.
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