The bridge has a span of 100 meters.
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Span
//spæn//
Synonyms for "span" (357 found)
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Closest matches (72)
bridgecouplecrossstraddlea breathaccoupleaccumulateaceaesthetic distanceagglutinateamassamplitudeappraiseappreciateapsearcadearcaturearcharch overarched roof
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archwayarticulateassayassembleassessassociatebandbascule bridgebateau bridgebeambestraddlebestridebifrostbitbondbothbowshotbracebracketbreadthbreathbridge overbrief spanbroadnesscalculatecalibratecalipercambercantilever bridgecarrycatwalkceilinged roofcementchaincheck a parameterclap togetherclearanceclose quartersclose rangecollectcombinecompasscomprisecomputeconcamerationconcatenateconchaconglobulate
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (107)
conjoinconjugateconnectcopulatecouple upcoupletcoursecovecovercrackcupoladaydeep spacedepths of spacedialdistancedistance acrossdistichdivergencedivide
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domedouble harnessdouble-harnessdouble-teamdoubletdrawbridgeduadduetduodurationdyadearreachearshotembraceencompassenvironequipageestimateevaluateexpanseextendextend overextensionextentfarnessfateful momentfathomfetchfloating bridgeflyoverfootagefootbridgefour-in-handfullnessgangboardgangplankgangwaygathergaugegeodesic domegluegogo outgo overgraduategunshothairhair spacehairbreadthhairsbreadthhang overholdhourhulliglooimbricateinchincludeinfinityinstantintervaljoinjuncturejutkairoskeystoneknotlaplap over
Noun(17 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (178)
latitudelay togetherleagueleewaylengthlengthinesslielie overlift bridgelight yearlight-yearslinear measureslinklittlelittle bitlittle wayslittle whilelong timelongitudelongness
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lump togethermarginmarrymarshalmassmatchmatematesmeasuremensuratemergemetemetermileageminutemobilizemomentmoment of truthno timeogiveoverall lengthoverarchoverbridgeovercrossingoverhangoverlapoverlieoverpassoverridepacepairpair of winkspair offparsecsperiodperpetuityperspectivepiecepiece togetherpistol shotplumbpointpontoon bridgepregnant momentprizeprobepsychological momentput togetherquantifyquantizerandemrangeratereachreach outremotenessrigriggingroll into oneroperope bridgerunscopeseasonseparationset of twoshingleshort distanceshort pieceshort spellshort timeshort waysizesize upskewbacksmall spacesoldersoundspacespellspikespike teamspitting distancesplicespreadspurtstagestepstepping stonestepping-stonestepstonestick togetherstretchstretch outstridesurroundsurveysuspension bridgesweepswing bridgetake a readingtake intandemtapeteamteam uptermthe twothree-upthrust outtietimetime intervaltime lagtoll bridgetriangulateturnouttwaintwotwo shakestwosomeunicornunifyunitevaluatevaluevaultvaultingviaductvoussoirwaywaysweighweldwhilewidenesswidthyardageyoke
Noun(17 words)
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More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Synonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
49 entriesShowing 16 of 49 words.
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1 entrieshas context
8 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
42 entriesShowing 16 of 42 words.
Translations
144 translations across 46 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σπιθαμή noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Arabic
2 entries- شبر noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- شِبْر noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Armenian
1 entries- թիզ noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- aşırım noun (spread between supports)
- uzanmaq verb (to extend through the distance between or across)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡарыш noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Bulgarian
4 entries- впряг noun (pair of horses or other animals)
- кратко време noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
- късо разстояние noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
- педя noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Catalan
2 entries- pam noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- període noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- بست noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Czech
3 entries- píď noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- rozpon noun (spread between supports)
- rozpětí noun (spread between supports)
Danish
1 entries- spand noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Dutch
1 entries- span noun (pair of horses or other animals)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- авалташ verb (to extend through the distance between or across)
Faroese
1 entries- sponn noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Finnish
4 entries- hetki noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
- jänneväli noun (spread between supports)
- jänneväli noun (length between supports)
- parivaljakko noun (pair of horses or other animals)
French
4 entries- empan noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- chevaucher verb (to extend through the distance between or across)
- couvrir verb (to extend through the distance between or across)
- couvrir verb (to extend through a time period)
Galician
1 entries- palmo noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
German
4 entries- Spanne noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- aufspannen verb (mathematics: to generate an entire space by means of linear combinations)
- einnehmen verb (to extend through the distance between or across)
- überspannen verb (to extend through the distance between or across)
Hebrew
1 entries- זֶרֶת noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Hungarian
4 entries- arasz noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- fesztáv noun (spread between supports)
- fesztávolság noun (length between supports)
- fogat noun (pair of horses or other animals)
Irish
2 entries- réise noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- seal noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
Italian
4 entries- campata noun (spread between supports)
- lasso di tempo noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
- luce noun (spread between supports)
- periodo noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
Kazakh
1 entries- сүйем noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- карыш noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- сөөм noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Lithuanian
1 entries- apim̃ti verb (to extend through the distance between or across)
Māori
4 entries- tāwhana noun (spread between supports)
- tāwhana noun (length between supports)
- whanga noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- tīpae verb (to extend through the distance between or across)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- spennvidde noun (spread between supports)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- spennvidd noun (spread between supports)
- spennvidde noun (spread between supports)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قارش noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- قارشلامق verb (to measure by the span of the hand)
Persian
2 entries- بدست noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- وجب noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Polish
4 entries- piędź noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- przęsło noun (spread between supports)
- mieć zasięg verb (to extend through a time period)
- obejmować verb (to extend through a time period)
Portuguese
4 entries- espaço gerado noun (mathematics: the space of all linear combinations of something)
- palmo noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- período noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
- vão noun (spread between supports)
Russian
4 entries- пери́од noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
- пролёт noun (spread between supports)
- пролёт noun (length between supports)
- пядь noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Slovak
1 entries- preklenúť verb (to extend through the distance between or across)
Southern Altai
2 entries- карыш noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- сӧӧм noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Spanish
4 entries- cuarta noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- intervalo noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
- lapso noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
- luz noun (spread between supports)
Swahili
1 entries- shibiri noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Swedish
4 entries- spann noun (spread between supports)
- spann noun (length between supports)
- spann noun (pair of horses or other animals)
- spann noun (mathematics: the space of all linear combinations of something)
Tagalog
2 entries- damak noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- sandamak noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Tamil
4 entries- இடைவெளி noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
- சாண் noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- நீடு verb (to extend through the distance between or across)
- நீள் verb (to extend through the distance between or across)
Telugu
1 entries- జాన noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Tocharian B
1 entries- raso noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Turkish
2 entries- karış noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- karışlamak verb (to measure by the span of the hand)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎜𐎉 noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Ukrainian
4 entries- п'ядь noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
- перекриття́ noun (spread between supports)
- перекриття́ noun (length between supports)
- пері́од noun (small space or a brief portion of time)
Walloon
1 entries- aspagne noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Welsh
1 entries- sban noun (Any of various units of length approximating the full width of an open hand)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
Thanks to these discoveries, man's life span has become twice as long as before.
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Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life.
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According to a recent study, the average life span of the Japanese is still increasing.
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