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sweeping

Pronunciation: /ˈswiːpɪŋ/

The English word “sweeping” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An instance of sweeping.
  2. The activity of sweeping.

adjective

  1. Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.
  2. Completely overwhelming.
  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.)

Etymology

By surface analysis, sweep + -ing.

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