sweeping
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sweeping
- /ˈswiːpɪŋ/
Rhymes with -iːpɪŋ
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of sweep
noun sweepings
- An instance of sweeping. The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.
- The activity of sweeping. Sweeping took all morning.
adjective more sweeping · most sweeping
- Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things. The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system.
- Completely overwhelming. He claimed a sweeping victory.
- 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.)
