sweeping
UK /ˈswiːpɪŋ/ US /ˈswiːpɪŋ/
adj 3noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
An instance of sweeping.
The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.
2
The activity of sweeping.
Sweeping took all morning.
The sidewalk needed sweeping every morning.
adj
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.
2
Completely overwhelming.
He claimed a sweeping victory.
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.)
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