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span

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Singular
span

Plural
spans

  1. Span is the full width of an open hand, it is used as an informal unit of length.
  2. (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.
    He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.

Verb

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Plain form
span

Third-person singular
spans

Past tense
spanned

Past participle
spanned

Present participle
spanning

  1. (transitive) If A spans between or across B, A extends through the distance between or across B.
    The suspension bridge spanned the canyon.