span
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[ span ]
/ spæn /
noun
verb (used with object), spanned, span·ning.
Origin of span
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before 900; (noun) Middle English
spanne, sponne, spayn, Old English
span(n),
spon(n); cognate with German
Spanne, Dutch
span, Old Norse
spǫnn; (v.) Middle English
spaynen, derivative of the noun
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span
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/ (spæn) /
noun
verb spans, spanning or spanned (tr)
Word Origin for span
Old English
spann; related to Old Norse
sponn, Old High German
spanna
British Dictionary definitions for spanning (2 of 3)
span
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/ (spæn) /
noun
a team of horses or oxen, esp two matched animals
Word Origin for span
C16 (in the sense: yoke): from Middle Dutch: something stretched, from
spannen to stretch; see
span
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British Dictionary definitions for spanning (3 of 3)
Idioms and Phrases with spanning
span
see spick and span.