<span> meaning
span noun (TIME) › [ C usually singular ] the period of time that sometimes exists or happens: He has a short attention/concentration span. an average life span of 70 years. Over a span of just three years, the new government has transformed the country's economic prospects. See also. lifespan. Any distance between two things is called a span. These end points can be physical, like the span of a rope between two trees, or they can be more abstract, such as the span of time between five and six o'clock. Span comes from the Old English spann, the width of the stretched-out hand, measured from thumb to little finger. Definition of life span. 1 : the average length of life of a kind of organism or of a material object especially in a particular environment or under specified circumstances. span noun (TIME) › [ C usually singular ] the period of time that sometimes exists or happens: He has a short attention/concentration span. an average life span of 70 years. Over a span of just three years, the new government has transformed the country's economic prospects. See also. lifespan. span - definition and synonyms. What are red words? 90% of the time, speakers of English use just 7,500 words in speech and writing. These words appear in red, and are graded with stars. One-star words are frequent, two-star words are more frequent, and three-star words are the most frequent. Related words. 1  span verb. 2  attention span noun. 3  spick and span adjective.  1. the amount of time that something lasts Nearly 100 witnesses testified over a span of 20 1  days. 2. the width of something With a span of one mile, it’s the region’s longest bridge. Definition of life span. 1  1 : the average length of life of a kind of organism or of a material object especially in a particular environment or under specified circumstances. 2  2 : the duration of existence of an individual. 1 the interval, space, or distance between two points, such as the ends of a bridge or arch. 2 the complete duration or extent. the span of his life. 3 (Psychol) the amount of material that can be processed in a single mental act. apprehension span, span of attention. 4 short for → wingspan. spick and span. Neat and clean, as in When Ruth has finished cleaning, the whole house is spick and span. This term combines two nouns that are now obsolete, spick, “a nail” or “spike,” and span, “a wooden chip.” In the 1500s a sailing ship was considered spick and span when every spike and chip was brand-new. The transfer to the current sense took place in the mid-1800s. Related words. 1  span verb. 2  attention span noun. 3  spick and span adjective.  1. the amount of time that something lasts Nearly 100 witnesses testified over a span of 20 days. attention/concentration span (=the period for which you can pay attention/concentrate): Kids these days have a very limited attention span.
Any distance between two things is called a span.