sweeping (redirected from sweepingness)

sweep·ing  (swpng)

adj.

1. Having wide-ranging influence or effect: sweeping changes.

2. Moving in or as if in a wide curve: a sweeping gesture; a sweeping glance.

3. Indiscriminate; wholesale: sweeping generalizations.

4. Overwhelming; complete: a sweeping victory.

n.

1. The action of one that sweeps.

2. sweepings Things swept up; refuse.

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sweeping·ly adv.

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sweeping

Adjective

1. affecting many people to a great extent: sweeping financial reforms

2. (of a statement) making general assumptions about an issue without considering the details

3. decisive or overwhelming: to suffer sweeping losses

4. taking in a wide area: a sweeping view of the area

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sweeping - the act of cleaning with a broom     cleaning, cleansing, cleanup - the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"
Adj.	1.	sweeping - taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river" broad, wide - having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
	2.	sweeping - ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction" wholesale indiscriminate - not marked by fine distinctions; "indiscriminate reading habits"; "an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles"

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sweeping

adjective 1. indiscriminate, blanket, across-the-board, wholesale, exaggerated, overstated, unqualified, overdrawn

adjective 2. wide-ranging, global, comprehensive, wide, broad, radical, extensive, all-inclusive, all-embracing, overarching, thoroughgoing << OPPOSITE limited

Translations

sweeping [ˈswiːpɪŋ] adj [gesture] → dramático (= generalized); generalizado; [changes, reforms] → radical

sweeping [ˈswiːpɪŋ] adj [gesture] → large; circulaire; [changes, reforms] → radical(e);

a sweeping statement → une généralisation hâtive

sweeping [ˈswiːpɪŋ] sweep adj (gesture) → weit ausholend;

(changes, reforms) → weitreichend;

(statement) → verallgemeinernd

sweeping [ˈswiːpɪŋ] adj [gesture] → ampio/a; [changes, reforms] → ampio/a, radicale;

a sweeping statement → un'affermazione generica