# spanning

Pronunciation: say "SPAN-ing" US/UK /ˈspænɪŋ/, AUS /ˈspæːnɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of span. — present participle and gerund of span
   - Simple: The -ing form of span. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _The cables spanning the gorge carried the weight of the entire walkway._
   - _Spanning three time zones, the empire proved nearly impossible to govern._

## Noun

2. The act or process of reaching across and covering the full width of something.
   - Simple: The act of stretching or reaching across a space from one side to the other.
   - _The spanning of such a wide estuary demanded entirely new construction methods._
   - _Engineers debated the best technique for the spanning of the deep ravine._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/spanning (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).