See sweeping on Wiktionary
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Nock, “\"The Aberdonian\" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7:", "text": "We steamed easily across the first part of the Tay Bridge, and then after passing over the long spans in mid-stream we coasted smoothly down the 1 in 114 gradient, and around the sweeping curve through Esplanade Station.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-06-21:", "text": "By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:", "text": "The thing is, we've even had formal confirmation from Government itself that the crucial research required to make such sweeping claims hasn't been done!", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things." ], "id": "en-sweeping-en-adj-2V7nT8W3", "links": [ [ "Wide", "wide" ], [ "broad", "broad" ], [ "affect", "affect" ] ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "100 0", "sense": "wide; broad", "word": "across-the-board" } ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "širok", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "широк" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "obhvaten", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "обхватен" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "laaja" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "yleistävä" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "yleisluontoinen" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "à l’emporte-pièce" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "radical" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "complet" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "large" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "vaste" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "parto", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "ფართო" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "gyökeres" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "mélyreható" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "átfogó" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "alapos" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "doszczętny" }, { "_dis1": "95 5", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "elsöprő" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "text": "He claimed a sweeping victory.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Completely overwhelming." ], "id": "en-sweeping-en-adj-BzhmKqdw", "links": [ [ "overwhelming", "overwhelming" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈswiːpɪŋ/" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sweeping.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sweeping.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sweeping.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sweeping.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sweeping.wav.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-iːpɪŋ" } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "comprehensive" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "word": "generic" } ], "word": "sweeping" }
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Nock, “\"The Aberdonian\" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7:", "text": "We steamed easily across the first part of the Tay Bridge, and then after passing over the long spans in mid-stream we coasted smoothly down the 1 in 114 gradient, and around the sweeping curve through Esplanade Station.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-06-21:", "text": "By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:", "text": "The thing is, we've even had formal confirmation from Government itself that the crucial research required to make such sweeping claims hasn't been done!", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things." ], "links": [ [ "Wide", "wide" ], [ "broad", "broad" ], [ "affect", "affect" ] ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "He claimed a sweeping victory.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Completely overwhelming." ], "links": [ [ "overwhelming", "overwhelming" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈswiːpɪŋ/" }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sweeping.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sweeping.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sweeping.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sweeping.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-sweeping.wav.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-iːpɪŋ" } ], "synonyms": [ { "sense": "wide; broad", "word": "across-the-board" }, { "word": "comprehensive" }, { "word": "generic" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "širok", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "широк" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "obhvaten", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "обхватен" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "laaja" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "yleistävä" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "yleisluontoinen" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "à l’emporte-pièce" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "radical" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "complet" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "large" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "vaste" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "parto", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "ფართო" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "gyökeres" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "mélyreható" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "átfogó" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "alapos" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "doszczętny" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "wide, broad, affecting many things", "word": "elsöprő" } ], "word": "sweeping" }
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