Soon, the expanse of the galaxy became reminiscent of ancient Polynesian migrational waves throughout the Pacific Ocean.
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Expanse
//ɪkˈspæns//
Synonyms for "expanse" (98 found)
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25 translations across 16 languages.
Belarusian
4 entries- абшар noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
- прастор noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
- прастора noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
- прасцяг noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Bulgarian
3 entries- простор noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
- протежение noun (An amount of spread or stretch)
- шир noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Catalan
1 entries- extensió noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Danish
1 entries- vidde noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Finnish
3 entries- aava noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
- laajuus noun (An amount of spread or stretch)
- lakeus noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
French
1 entries- étendue noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Greek
1 entries- απλωσιά noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रसार noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Lithuanian
2 entries- platybės noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
- tyrai noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Māori
2 entries- tahua noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
- tāmoremore noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Northern Sami
1 entries- áhpi noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Polish
1 entries- bezkres noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Russian
1 entries- простор noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ज्रयस् noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Spanish
1 entries- extensión noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Swedish
1 entries- vidd noun (A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Every night, we all gaze up at the magnificent starry sky above us thinking about the vastness and the expanse of space... it really is quite a bit to take in.
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Our wagonette had topped a rise and in front of us rose the huge expanse of the moor, mottled with gnarled and craggy cairns and tors. A cold wind swept down from it and set us shivering.
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I looked round, with a chill of fear in my heart, at the huge swelling plain, mottled with the green patches of rushes. Nothing stirred over the vast expanse save a pair of ravens, which croaked loudly from a tor behind us.
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