noun
- A wide scope.
- usage: "the sweep of the plains"
- synonyms: sweep
- The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary.
- usage: "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
- synonyms: area, surface area
- A wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky. .
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