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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
span
/spæn/
verb1 of 2
the amount of time something lasts
- “The present perfect expresses the long span from past to present.”Tatoeba
- “My son's short attention span is causing him problems at school.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; an eighth of a fathom.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)