sweeping

verb · noun · adjectiveB1

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Động từ

verb
  1. 1.

    (form of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of sweep

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
sweepings
  1. 1.

    (countable)An instance of sweeping.

    The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.

  2. 2.

    (uncountable)The activity of sweeping.

    Sweeping took all morning.

    The sidewalk needed sweeping every morning.

Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
more sweeping
Superlative
most sweeping
  1. 1.

    Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.

    The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system.

    He loves making sweeping statements without the slightest evidence.

    Đồng nghĩa: across-the-board, wide-ranging, across-the-board, all around, all-embracing, all-encompassing, blanket, broad, thick, comprehensive, exhaustive, overall, sound, sweeping, thorough, catholic, common, ecumenical, general, generic, nonsingular, nonspecific, universal, unparticular, unsingular, unspecific

  2. 2.

    Completely overwhelming.

    He claimed a sweeping victory.

  3. 3.

    Moving in a continuous motion, rather than by intermittent jumps. (For example, the second hand on a clock face may move either in the sweeping manner or in the ticking manner.)

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

across-the-boardwide-rangingall aroundall-embracingall-encompassingblanketbroadthickcomprehensiveexhaustiveoverallsoundthoroughcatholiccommonecumenicalgeneralgenericnonsingularnonspecific

Cùng gốc / liên quan

minesweepingat a sweeping reductionsweeping daysweeping floodsweeping-machinesweeping rainsweepings

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Nguồn gốc từ

sweep.

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