Noun
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the act of sitting or standing astride
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a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
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a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
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two items of the same kind
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the distance or interval between two points
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the complete duration of something
"the job was finished in the span of an hour"
Verb
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to cover or extend over an area or time period
"Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"
"The novel spans three centuries"