expanse

• Существительное, обозначающее широкое, открытое и непрерывное пространство или протяжённость чего-либо, например земли, неба или воды.

A noun referring to a wide, open, and continuous area or stretch of something, such as land, sky, or water.

1. Wide areaB2formal

   A wide, continuous area of something, often land, water, or sky.

   Простор

   • The vast expanse of the desert stretched before them.
   • They gazed out at the endless expanse of the ocean.
   • The airplane flew over a huge expanse of forest.

   Синонимыareabreadthextentfieldreachspanstretchswathsweeptract

2. C1formal

   A large amount or extent of something abstract.

   Обширность

   • The book covers a vast expanse of historical knowledge.
   • There is an expanse of time between the two events.
   • The project required an expanse of resources and effort.

   Синонимыbreadthextentrangescopesweep