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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a wide scope;
- Example: "the sweep of the plains"
[syn: sweep, expanse]

2. the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary;
- Example: "the area of a rectangle"
- Example: "it was about 500 square feet in area"
[syn: area, expanse, surface area]

3. a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Expanse \Ex*panse"\, v. t.
   To expand. [Obs.]
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         That lies expansed unto the eyes of all. --Sir. T.
                                                  Browne.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Expanse \Ex*panse"\, n. [From L. expansus, p. p. of expandere.
   See Expand.]
   That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space
   or body; especially, the arch of the sky. "The green
   expanse." --Savage.
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         Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven. --Milton.
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         The smooth expanse of crystal lakes.     --Pope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

expanse
    n 1: a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" [syn: sweep,
         expanse]
    2: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a
       boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square
       feet in area" [syn: area, expanse, surface area]
    3: a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

91 Moby Thesaurus words for "expanse":
   acreage, ampleness, amplitude, area, beam, bigness, body,
   boundlessness, breadth, broadness, bulk, caliber, compass,
   continuum, coverage, depth, diameter, dimension, dimensions,
   distance, distance across, domain, emptiness, empty space,
   enormity, enormousness, expansion, extension, extent, field,
   formidableness, fullness, galactic space, gauge, gigantism, girth,
   grandeur, grandness, great scope, greatness, height, hugeness,
   immensity, infinite space, infinity, intensity, interstellar space,
   largeness, latitude, length, length and breadth, magnitude, mass,
   measure, measurement, might, mightiness, muchness, nothingness,
   orbit, outer space, plenitude, power, prodigiousness, proportion,
   proportions, radius, range, reach, scale, scope, size, space, span,
   spatial extension, sphere, spread, strength, stretch,
   stupendousness, superficial extension, surface, sweep, territory,
   tract, tremendousness, vastness, void, volume, wideness, width