SPANS
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
S(1) P(3) A(1) N(1) S(1)
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Definition
noun
- The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom.
- (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.“He has a short attention span and gets bored within minutes.”
- A portion of something by length; a subsequence.
verb
- To extend through the distance between or across.“The suspension bridge spanned the canyon.”
- To extend through (a time period).“The novel spans three centuries.”
- To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object.“to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder”
Source: Wiktionary
