Noun
- 1. sweep, expanse, scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
- usage: a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains"
- 2. area, expanse, surface area, extent
- usage: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
- 3. expanse, space
- usage: a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
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