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"The parking lot spans 3 acres" "The novel spans three centuries"verbto cover or extend over an area or time period
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nountwo items of the same kind
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nouna structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
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nounthe act of sitting or standing astride
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nouna unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)type of:
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"the job was finished in the span of an hour"nounthe complete duration of somethingtype of:
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nounthe distance or interval between two pointstype of:
Examples of span
- "The parking lot spans 3 acres"
- "The novel spans three centuries"
- "the job was finished in the span of an hour"