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[ swee-ping ] / ˈswi pɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sweeping ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof wide range or scope. moving or passing about over a wide area: a sweeping glance. moving, driving, or passing steadily and forcibly on. (of the outcome of a contest) decisive; overwhelming; complete: a sweeping victory. nounthe act of a person or thing that sweeps. sweepings, matter swept out or up, as dust, refuse, etc. Origin of sweepingFirst recorded in 1470–80; sweep1 + -ing2, -ing1 SYNONYMS FOR sweeping1 extensive, broad, comprehensive. SEE SYNONYMS FOR sweeping ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM sweepingsweep·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby sweepingsweep account, sweepback, sweep check, sweeper, sweep hand, sweeping, sweepings, sweeping score, sweep off someone's feet, sweeps, sweep-saw Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sweepingThese tensions run throughout the conference, but also throughout the “mindfulness” movement that is now sweeping America. What If Meditation Isn’t Good for You?|Jay Michaelson|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST As he would later prove in sweeping victories, it was a message he believed transcended ideology and party. Remembering Reagan’s Defining Speech|Stuart Stevens|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 2013, the state legislature passed a sweeping charter school bill pushed by Mitchell that loosened oversight and regulation. At This Creepy Libertarian Charter School, Kids Must Swear ‘to Be Obedient to Those in Authority’|ProPublica|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST He likes small windows and greatly dislikes the sweeping areas of glass and metal that characterise the work of Richard Rogers. Imagining Prince Charles as King Makes All of Britain Wish They Could Leave Like Scotland|Clive Irving|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An unusually lethal hemorrhagic fever was sweeping through the region. The Original Ebola Hunter|Abby Haglage|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Betwixt the cold sun and the hard earth, a dust-befogged wind, plainly borrowed from March, was sweeping the street. Mary Marston|George MacDonald Such figures are a conclusive answer to charges of the sweeping character we have quoted. Railway Rates: English and Foreign|J. Grierson The courier looked puzzled for an instant, and then held up both hands with a sweeping motion. Famous Indian Chiefs|Charles H. L. Johnston Sweeping round, the vision meets an aggregate of peaks which look as fledglings to their mother towards the mighty Dom. The Beauties of Nature|Sir John Lubbock Colonel Broadcastle's voice was sweeping the armory, as he put the regiment through the manual of arms. The Lieutenant-Governor|Guy Wetmore Carryl
British Dictionary definitions for sweeping
adjectivecomprehensive and wide-rangingsweeping reforms indiscriminate or without reservationssweeping statements decisive or overwhelminga sweeping victory taking in a wide areaa sweeping glance driving steadily onwards, esp over a large areaa sweeping attack Derived forms of sweepingsweepingly, adverbsweepingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sweepingacross-the-board, broad, thorough, wholesale, comprehensive, radical, extensive, exhaustive, all-encompassing, full, complete, exaggerated, blanket, overall, general, overstated, overdrawn, all-around, all-inclusive, all-out |