span
Oxford 5000 vocabulary |C1|TOEFL vocabularyIELTS vocabularyspan /spæn/
span noun [countable]
span verb (past tense and past participle spanned, present participle spanning) [transitive]
طول کشیدن، فاصله
محدوده، گستردگی، پوشش، ظرفیت، یک وجب، مدت معین، فاصله معین، وجب کردن، اندازه گرفتن، پل بستن، تاق بستن، پل زدن روی رودخانه، چشمه، دهانه نظری، افسار، علوم مهندسی: جفت، کامپیوتر: محدوده، عمران: دهنه، معماری: فاصله دو تکیه گاه تیر، ورزش: فاصله بین سوراخ گوی بولینگ برای شست و انگشتان دیگر، علوم نظامی: مهار، علوم دریایی: باراویز، مهار
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Advanced Persian Dictionaryالکترونیک: محدوده،
کامپیوتر: پل زدن روی رودخانه، وجب، چشمه، دهانه، جفت،
علوم مهندسی: فاصله بین سوراخ گوی بولینگ برای شست و انگشتان دیگر،
ورزشی: باراویز،
علوم دریایی: دهانه، چشمه، دهانه نظری، فاصله دو تکیه گاه تیر،
معماری: افسار، مهار،
دریایی، : علوم نظامی: دهنه،
عمران: محدوده، گستردگی، پوشش، اندازه، ظرفیت، وجب، یک وجب، مدت معین، فاصله معین، وجب کردن، اندازه گرفتن، پل بستن، تاق بستن
[TahlilGaran] Persian Dictionary ▲
Synonyms & Related Wordsspan[noun]Synonyms:- extent, amount, distance, length, reach, spread, stretch
- period, duration, spell, term
[verb]Synonyms:- extend across, bridge, cover, cross, link, traverse
Related Words: interval,
space [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English DictionaryI. span1 /spæn/
a past tense of
spin1 [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. span2 noun [countable][
Language: Old English;
Origin: spann]
1. a period of time between two dates or events
over/within/in a span of something
Over a span of ten years, the company has made great progress. It’ll be difficult to hire that many new staff in such a short time span.2. the length of time over which someone’s life, ability to pay attention to something etc continues
attention/concentration span Most two-year-olds have a very short attention span. Captivity vastly reduces the life span of whales.3. the part of a bridge,
arch etc that goes across from one support to another
4. the distance from one side of something to the other:
a bird with a large wing span [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
III. span3 verb (
past tense and past participle spanned,
present participle spanning)
[transitive]1. to include all of a period of time:
a career which spanned nearly 60 years2. to include all of a particular space or area:
The Mongol Empire spanned much of Central Asia.3. if a bridge spans an area of water, especially a river, it goes from one side to the other
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsspan nounI. length ADJ. full | broad, wide a broad span of interests
clear The bridge has a clear span of 36 metres.
12-foot, 500-metre, etc. | wing (also
wingspan) The bird has a 1-metre wingspan. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
span II. length of time ADJ. long | short | 10-day, 2-week, etc. | entire | allotted The speech continued well beyond its allotted span.
time | life (also
lifespan)
| attention, concentration, memory He has a short attention span. VERB + SPAN cover The book covers the entire span of Arab history. PREP. over a/the ~ Developments were monitored over a span of two years. PHRASES a span of time/years [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲