Spread and Sweep

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Spread

Spread noun - A wide space or area.

Usage example: a vast spread of land just waiting to be settled

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Sweep is a synonym for spread in place topic. In some cases you can use "Sweep" instead the word "Spread" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like extent, range, expanse, expansion.

Nearby Words: spreading, spreader

Sweep

Sweep noun - An area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends.

Usage example: Mrs. Griswold has been a teacher for so long that the sweep of her influence extends across three generations of the townspeople

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Spread is a synonym for sweep in place topic. You can use "Spread" instead the word "Sweep" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as range.

Nearby Words: sweeping, sweeper

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How words are described

good	good spread	good sweep
full	full spread	full sweep
nice	nice spread	nice sweep
single	single spread	single sweep
Other adjectives: powerful, entire, huge, horizontal, new, double, wide, sudden, largest.

Common collocations

humanity	spread humanity	sweep humanity
world	spread world	sweep world
influence	spread influence	sweep influence
ashes	spread ashes	sweep ashes

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