Expanse

Podcast 1 · Introduction

Expanse

A documentary-style narration: origin, meaning, and feel.

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

ik-SPANZ  /ɪkˈspans/

Definition

A wide and open area of land, sea, or sky; a broad, unbroken stretch of something.

Plain meaning

A wide open space — a stretch of something that seems to go on and on without obvious limits.

Register

Slightly literary and elevated. At home in descriptive prose, travel writing, geography, and figurative language.