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