verb🔗ShareTo extend through the distance between or across."The suspension bridge spanned the canyon."areaspacegeographyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo extend through (a time period)."The novel spans three centuries."timeperiodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object."to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder"bodyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo generate an entire space by means of linear combinations."The two vectors, when scaled and added together, spanned the entire computer screen, allowing us to display any color. "mathspaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be matched, as horses."The students' ages spanned a wide range, from seven to eighteen. "vehicleanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo fetter, as a horse; to hobble."The farmer spanned the horse's legs to prevent it from running away during the plowing. "animalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
