Sekirov Dictionary

sweeping

/ˈswiːpɪŋ/

adjective 3
noun 2
forms 3

adjective3

•
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.
•
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.)

noun2

•
An instance of sweeping.
- The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.
•
The activity of sweeping.
- Sweeping took all morning.
- The sidewalk needed sweeping every morning.

forms

sweepings · more sweeping · most sweeping

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