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v., swept (swĕpt), sweep·ing, sweeps.

v.tr.
  1. To clean or clear, as of dirt, with or as if with a broom or brush: sweep a chimney.
  2. To clear away with or as if with a broom or brush: swept snow from the steps.
  3. To clear (a path or space) with or as if with a broom.
    1. To search thoroughly: The counselors swept the dormitory during the fire drill.
    2. Electronics. To search for and remove (eavesdropping devices) from a place: swept the room for bugs.
  5. To touch or brush lightly, as with a trailing garment: willow branches sweeping the ground.
  6. To pass over or through a surface or medium with a continuous movement: He swept the sponge over the tile. The conductor swept her baton through the air.
  7. To clear, drive, or convey with relentless force: The flood waters swept away everything in their path.
  8. To wipe out at a single stroke. Often used with away: The incident in effect swept away all her dreams.
  9. To remove or carry off with a swift brushing motion: swept the cards off the table; swept the child into his arms.
  10. To move across or through swiftly or with great intensity: News of the lunar landing swept the country.
  11. To pass quickly across, as when searching: His gaze swept the horizon.
  12. To drag the bottom of (a body of water).
    1. To win all games in (a series) or stages of (a contest): swept the World Series.
    2. To win overwhelmingly in: The opposition party swept the election.
v.intr.
  1. To clean or clear a surface with or as if with a broom or brush.
  2. Electronics. To search for and remove eavesdropping devices.
  3. To move swiftly with strong, steady force: The wind swept over the plain.
  4. To move swiftly in a lofty manner, as if in a trailing robe: She swept by in silence.
  5. To trail, as a long garment.
  6. To extend gracefully, especially in a long curve: The hills sweep down to the sea.
  7. To extend in a wide range: Searchlights swept across the sky.
n.
  1. A clearing out or removal with or as if with a broom or brush.
  2. Electronics. The act or an instance of searching for and removing eavesdropping devices, as in a room.
    1. A wide curving motion: a sweep of the arm.
    2. The range or scope encompassed by sweeping: the sweep of a lantern beam. See synonyms at range.
  4. A broad reach or extent: a sweep of green lawn.
  5. A curve or contour: the sweep of her hair.
  6. Football. An end run in which one or more linemen leave the line of scrimmage and block in advance of the ball carrier.
  7. One who sweeps, especially a chimney sweep.
  8. Sweepings. Often used in the plural.
    1. The winning of all stages of a game or contest.
    2. An overwhelming victory or success.
  10. Nautical. A long oar used to propel a boat.
  11. A long pole attached to a pivot and used to raise or lower a bucket in a well.
  12. sweeps (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Informal. Sweepstakes.
    1. sweeps The period each fall, winter, and spring when television ratings are accrued and studied and advertising rates are reset.
    2. The national survey of local stations that is conducted to determine these ratings.
  14. Electronics. The steady motion of an electron beam across a cathode-ray tube.
idiom:

sweep (one) off (one's) feet

  1. To cause an immediate and strongly positive response in (a person); impress deeply.

[Middle English swepen, perhaps from swepe, past tense of swopen, to sweep along. See swoop.]


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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Nielsen ratings
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National ratings of the popularity of U.S. television shows. Developed by A.C. Nielsen in 1950, the system now samples television viewing in about 5,000 homes. A meter attached to each television set records the channel being watched and sends the data to a computer centre; individual buttons record which person in each household is watching a given program. Separate surveys are done for many large media market areas. The ratings project each program's total audience; for example, a rating of 20 denotes that 20% of U.S. households tuned in to a particular program. Commercial television networks use the ratings to set advertising rates for each program as well as to determine which programs to continue and to cancel.

For more information on Nielsen ratings, visit Britannica.com.

Marketing Dictionary: Nielsen rating
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Generally conceived to be the number of people watching a particular television program (as calculated by nielson media research company). The Nielsen rating is actually used to calculate the total audience rating of a program, rather than the average audience rating, and refers to households whose television sets are tuned to a particular program for a minimum of six minutes.

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verb

    To wield boldly and dramatically: brandish, flourish, wave. See express.

noun

  1. A wide and open area, as of land, sky, or water: distance, expanse, expansion, extent, reach, space, spread, stretch. See place.
  2. An area within which something or someone exists, acts, or has influence or power: ambit, compass, extension, extent, orbit, purview, range, reach, realm, scope, sphere, swing. See territory.

Architecture: sweep
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1. Said of any large form or mass that curves; for example, the sweep of a curved wall.
2. A long pole, pivoted on a vertical post, to which a bucket is attached at one end; used to raise water from a well.

Military Dictionary: sweep
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(DOD) To employ technical means to uncover planted microphones or other surveillance devices. See also technical survey.

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IN BRIEF: To clean as by brushing with a broom.

pronunciation Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German philosopher, scientist and writer.

Dream Symbol: Sweep
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A dream about sweeping is likely about clearing away something, either feelings or something else in our life we want to "clean up." A dream about sweeping could also be drawing on one of the many expressions that use "sweep" metaphorically, such as "making a clean sweep," "sweeping something under the carpet," or "sweeping someone off their feet."

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"Sweeps" redirects here. For the Transformer, see Sweeps (Transformers).

Nielsen ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States. Nielsen Media Research was founded by Arthur Nielsen, who was a market analyst whose career had begun in the 1920s with brand advertising analysis and expanded into radio market analysis during the 1930s, culminating in Nielsen ratings of radio programming, which was meant to provide statistics as to the markets of radio shows. In 1950, Nielsen moved to television, developing a ratings system using the methods he and his company had developed for radio. That method has since become the primary source of audience measurement information in the television industry around the world.

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Measuring ratings

Nielsen Television Ratings are gathered in one of two ways:

  1. Viewer "diaries", in which a target audience self-records its viewing or listening habits. By targeting various demographics, the assembled statistical models provide a rendering of the audiences of any given show, network, and programming hour.
  2. A more technologically sophisticated system uses Set Meters, which are small devices connected to televisions in selected homes. These devices gather the viewing habits of the home and transmit the information nightly to Nielsen through a "Home Unit" connected to a phone line. The technology-based home unit system is meant to allow market researchers to study television viewing habits on a minute to minute basis, seeing the exact moment viewers change channels or turn off their TV. In addition to set meters, individual viewer reporting devices, such as people meters, have allowed the company to separate household viewing information into various demographic groups, but so far Nielsen has refused to change its distribution of data of ethnic groups into subgroups, which could give more targeted information to networks and advertisers.

Changing systems of viewing have impacted Nielsen's methods of market research. In 2005, Nielsen began measuring the usage of digital video recordings such as TiVo. Initial results indicate that time-shifted viewing will have a significant impact on television ratings. The networks are not yet figuring these new results into their ad rates at the resistance of advertisers.[1]

Ratings/share and total viewers

The most commonly cited Nielsen results are reported in two measurements: ratings points and share, usually reported as: "ratings points/share". As of September 1, 2009, there are an estimated 114.9 million television households in the United States. A single national ratings point represents one percent of the total number, or 1,149,000 households for the 2009–10 season.

Share is the percentage of television sets in use tuned to the program. For example, Nielsen may report a show as receiving a 9.2/15 during its broadcast, meaning that on average 9.2 percent of all television-equipped households were tuned in to that program at any given moment, while 15 percent of households watching TV were tuned into the program during this time slot. (Nielsen re-estimates the number of TV-equipped households each August for the upcoming television season.) The difference between rating and share is that a rating reflects the percentage of the total population of televisions tuned to a particular program while share reflects the percentage of televisions actually in use. [2]

Because ratings are based on samples, it is possible for shows to get 0.0 share, despite having an audience; the CNBC talk show McEnroe was one notable example.[3] Another example is The CW Television Network show, CW Now, which received two 0.0 ratings in the same season.

Demographics

Nielsen Media Research also provides statistics on specific demographics as advertising rates are influenced by such factors as age, gender, race, economic class, and area. Younger viewers are considered more attractive for many products, whereas in some cases older and wealthier audiences are desired, or female audiences are desired over males.

In general, the number of viewers within the 18-49 age range is more important than the total number of viewers.[4] According to Advertising Age, during the 2007-08 season, Grey's Anatomy was able to charge $419,000 per commercial, compared to only $248,000 for a commercial during CSI, despite CSI having almost five million more viewers on average.[5] Due to its strength in young demos, Friends was able to charge almost three times as much for a commercial as Murder, She Wrote, even though the two series had similar total viewer numbers during the seasons they were on the air together.[4] Recently, shows that have a large young female viewership tend to have higher ad revenue, since young women watch more TV on average than young men, and young women are more likely to spend money freely than young males.[6] For example, Gossip Girl due to it's strength amongst an audience of young women, was able to garner more ad revenue than the male-oriented Family Guy despite it having 5 million more viewers than Gossip Girl..[7]

Commercial ratings

Nielsen also provides viewership data calculated as the average viewership for only the commercial time within the program. This "Commercial Ratings" first became available on May 31, 2007. Additionally, Nielsen provides different "streams" of this data in order to take into consideration delayed viewing (DVR) data, at any interval up to seven days.[8] C3 was the metric launched in 2007. C3 refers to the ratings for average commercial minutes in live programming plus three days of digital video recorder playback.[9]

Sweeps

Electronic metering technology is the heart of the Nielsen ratings process. Two types of meters are used: set meters capture what channel is being tuned, while People Meters go a step further and gather information about who is watching in addition to the channel tuned.

Diaries are also used to collect viewing information from sample homes in many television markets in the United States, and smaller markets are measured by paper diaries only. Each year Nielsen processes approximately 2 million paper diaries from households across the country for the months of November, February, May and July — also known as the "sweeps" rating periods. Seven-day diaries (or eight-day diaries in homes with DVRs) are mailed to homes to keep a tally of what is watched on each television set and by whom. Over the course of a sweeps period, diaries are mailed to a new panel of homes each week. At the end of the month, all of the viewing data from the individual weeks is aggregated.

This local viewing information provides a basis for program scheduling and advertising decisions for local television stations, cable systems, and advertisers.

In some of the mid-size markets, diaries provide viewer information for up to three additional “sweeps” months (October, January and March).

Nielsen 2008-2009 sweeps dates
November 2008 30 October – 26 November, 2008
March 2009 March 5 – April 1, 2009
May 2009 April 23 – May 20, 2009
July 2009 July 2 – July 29, 2009
Nielsen 2009-2010 sweeps dates
November 2009 October 29 – November 25, 2009
February 2010 February 4 – March 3, 2010
May 2010 April 29 – May 26, 2010
July 2010 July 1 – July 28, 2010

Note: The February 2009 sweeps period was moved to March so that the ratings would not be affected by any problems created by the February 17th switchover of the USA's analog broadcast television signals to digital. When, in early February, the digital transition date was moved to June 12, the "February" sweeps period for 2009 remained in March.

Criticism of ratings systems

There is some public critique regarding accuracy and potential bias within Nielsen's rating system. In June 2006, however, Nielsen announced a plan to revamp its entire methodology to include all types of media viewing in its sample.

Since viewers are aware of being part of the Nielsen sample, it can lead to response bias in recording and viewing habits. Audience counts gathered by the self-reporting diary methodology are sometimes higher than those gathered by the electronic meters which provide less opportunity for response bias. This trend seems to be more common for news programming and popular prime time programming. Also, daytime viewing and late night viewing tend to be under-reported by the diary.

Another criticism of the measuring system itself is that it fails the most important criteria of a sample: it is not random in the statistical sense of the word. Only a small fraction of the population is selected and only those that actually accept are used as the sample size. There are only 25,000 total American households that participate in the Nielsen daily metered system.[10] The number of households in the United States as of 2009 is about 117 million.[11][12] As a result, the total number of Nielsen homes only amounts to 0.021% of the total American population, meaning that 99.979% of Americans have no input at all into what is actually being watched. Compounding matters is the fact that of the sample data that is collected, advertisers will not pay for time shifted (recorded for replay at a different time) programs [13] rendering the 'raw' numbers useless. In many local areas, the difference between a rating that keeps a show on the air and one that will cancel it is so small as to be statistically insignificant, and yet the show that just happens to get the higher rating will survive.[14] As the possible choices increase so does the margin of error resulting in the sampling sizes being too small.[15]

In 2004, News Corporation retained the services of public relations firm Glover Park to launch a campaign aimed at delaying Nielsen's plan to replace its aging household electronic data collection methodology in larger local markets with its newer electronic People Meter system. The advocates in the public relations campaign charged that data derived from the newer People Meter system represented a bias toward underreporting minority viewing, which could lead to a de-facto discrimination in employment against minority actors and writers. Nielsen countered the campaign by revealing its sample composition counts. According to Nielsen Media Research's sample composition counts, as of November 2004, nationwide, African American Households using People Meters represented 6.7% of the Nielsen sample, compared to 6.0% in the general population. Latino Households represent 5.7% of the Nielsen sample, compared to 5.0% in the general population. By October 2006, News Corp. and Nielsen settled, with Nielsen agreeing to spend an additional $50 million to ensure that minority viewing was not being underreported by the new electronic people meter system.[16]

Another criticism of the Nielsen ratings system is its lack of a system for measuring television audiences in environments outside the home, such as college dormitories, transport terminals, bars, and other public places where television is frequently viewed, often by large numbers of people in a common setting. In 2005, Nielsen announced plans to incorporate viewing by away-from-home college students into its sample. Internet TV viewing is another rapidly growing market for which Nielsen Ratings fail to account for viewer impact. Apple iTunes, atomfilms, YouTube, and some of the networks' own websites (e.g., ABC.com, CBS.com) provide full-length web-based programming, either subscription-based or ad-supported. Though web sites can already track popularity of a site and the referring page, they can't track viewer demographics. To both track this and expand their market research offerings, Nielsen purchased NetRatings in 2007.[17]

Furthermore, a new problem has developed primarily with the February sweeps. For the 2001-2002 season, the National Football League moved Super Bowl XXXVI to February, when it was placed in the sweeps period, because of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which postponed the NFL schedule a week. Because of that, starting with the 2003-04 season, the NFL moved the Super Bowl into the sweeps period.

Since the move of the Super Bowl into the sweeps period, Sunday nights in the sweeps period in February is almost guaranteed to be a winner for the network holding the big event on each of the four Sundays – the Super Bowl (alternates among NBC, CBS, FOX), Grammy Awards (moved to Sundays since 2003 except during Olympics, CBS), Daytona 500 (finish moved into prime-time in 2007 until it was moved back to the daytime in 2010; FOX), or Academy Awards (moved into the sweeps period in 2004, ABC) and every fourth year, the Winter Olympic Games (next telecast 2010, NBC). The later games of the World Series have also been played in November in recent years.

Annual top-rated shows

Nielsen began compiling ratings for television nationally beginning in 1950. Before that year, television ratings were compiled by a number of other sources, including C. E. Hooper and Variety. Hooper was bought out by Nielsen in February 1950.

These are the programs that finished with the highest average Nielsen rating in each television season:[18]

Year Program Network
1950–1951 Texaco Star Theater NBC
1951–1952 Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts CBS
1952–1953 I Love Lucy
1953–1954
1954–1955
1955–1956 The $64,000 Question
1956–1957 I Love Lucy
1957–1958 Gunsmoke
1958–1959
1959–1960
1960–1961
1961–1962 Wagon Train NBC
1962–1963 The Beverly Hillbillies CBS
1963–1964
1964–1965 Bonanza NBC
1965–1966
1966–1967
1967–1968 The Andy Griffith Show CBS
1968–1969 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In NBC
1969–1970
1970–1971 Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC
1971–1972 All in the Family CBS
1972–1973
1973–1974
1974–1975
1975–1976
1976–1977 Happy Days ABC
1977–1978 Laverne & Shirley
1978–1979 Three's Company
1979–1980 60 Minutes CBS
1980–1981 Dallas
1981–1982
1982–1983 60 Minutes
1983–1984 Dallas
1984–1985 Dynasty ABC
1985–1986 The Cosby Show NBC
1986–1987
1987–1988
1988–1989
1989–1990 The Cosby Show, Roseanne NBC, ABC
1990–1991 Cheers NBC
1991–1992 60 Minutes CBS
1992–1993
1993–1994 Home Improvement ABC
1994–1995 Seinfeld NBC
1995–1996 ER
1996–1997
1997–1998 Seinfeld
1998–1999 ER
1999–2000 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? ABC
2000–2001 Survivor: The Australian Outback CBS
2001–2002 Friends NBC
2002–2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS
2003–2004
2004–2005 American Idol Fox
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009

See also

References

  1. ^ Levin, Gary (2006-10-12). "Playback time for Nielsens". USA Today. p. 1D. 
  2. ^ Baker, Frank (2009-02-12). "What is a RATING". Media Literacy Clearinghouse. http://www.frankwbaker.com/ratingshare.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-02. 
  3. ^ de Moraes, Lisa (2004-08-13). "Where's the Love? CNBC Scrambles to Woo Viewers for 'McEnroe'". http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61516-2004Aug12.html. Retrieved 2007-06-08. 
  4. ^ a b Storey, Michael (2009-04-23). "THE TV COLUMN: Not in 18-49 age group? TV execs write you off". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/apr/23/tv-column-not-18-49-age-group-tv-execs-wr-20090423/. Retrieved 2008-05-02. 
  5. ^ Santiago, Rosario (2007-10-03). "For Advertising Purposes, 'Grey's Anatomy' May Well be Colored Green". BuddyTV. http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anatomy/for-advertising-purposes-greys-11849.aspx. Retrieved 2009-05-03. 
  6. ^ http://www.koeppeldirect.com/03_08_advertising-female-demographic.htm
  7. ^ http://www.koeppeldirect.com/03_08_advertising-female-demographic.htm
  8. ^ Holmeys, Gary (2006-01-16). "Nielsen Announces Schedule And Plan For Commercial-Minute Ratings". http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5adff3f65936147a062a0/?allRmCB=on&newSearch=yes&vgnextoid=264b66f7e2c20110VgnVCM100000ac0a260aRCRD&searchBox=media. Retrieved 2007-07-02. 
  9. ^ Lafayette, Jon (2007-10-07). "Commercial Ratings Shuffle the Deck". http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/10/commercial_ratings_shuffle_the.php. Retrieved 2008-05-13. 
  10. ^ http://en-us.nielsen.com/tab/measurement/tv_research
  11. ^ http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html
  12. ^ http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html
  13. ^ Levin, Gary (2007-04-25). "Networks' top shows at a rating Loss". USA Today. p. 1D. 
  14. ^ "Can You Believe TV Ratings?". Nova / Horizon. PBS. 1992-02-18.
  15. ^ Segal, Andrea (2007-04-26). "Nielsen Ratings: An Inaccurate Truth". The Cornell Daily Sun. http://cornellsun.com/node/23180. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 
  16. ^ Learmonth, Michael (2006-10-26). "Rupe ends Nielsen tiff". http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-154755762.html. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 
  17. ^ "Briefing: Nielsen to purchase all NetRatings shares". International Herald Tribune. 2007-02-05. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/05/business/techbrief.php. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 
  18. ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television, 4th ed.. New York: Penguin. pp. 1143–1161. ISBN 0-14-024916-8. 

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Translations: Sweep
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - feje, gennemstrejfe, gennemsøge, jage, fare, skride, sejle, rense, rive
v. intr. - fare, skride, sejle, jage
n. - fejen, fejning, strejftog, svingen, tag, strøg, fremrykning, strækning, kurve, rækkevidde, sjover

idioms:

  • sweep clean    feje ren
  • sweep someone off their feet    feje fødderne væk under én, rive en med
  • sweep the board    tage hele gevinsten
  • sweep under the carpet    feje under gulvtæppet
  • sweep under the rug    feje under gulvtæppet
  • sweep up    feje op, stryge (miner)

Nederlands (Dutch)
vegen, aanvegen, bezemen, grote overwinning behalen, bestrijken, molenwiek, zwier, zwaai, complete overwinning

Français (French)
v. tr. - balayer, ramoner, faire tomber (qch) d'un grand geste de la main, emporter qn (par une vague), faire perdre pied à qn, (fig) faire perdre la tête à qn, déferler sur, ravager, se répandre dans, parcourir (qch) des yeux, (Mil) sillonner, ratisser (police), déminer qch, fouiller qch (à la recherche de)
v. intr. - balayer, ramoner, (lit, fig) entrer/sortir rapidement, entrer/sortir majestueusement, envahir, remporter (une victoire), déferler sur, ravager, parcourir (qch) des yeux, décrire une large courbe (une route), décrire une large boucle (une rivière)
n. - coup de balai, grand geste du bras, un coup de (pinceau), étendue, surface, drapé, ampleur, éventail (d'opinions), champ (d'un télescope), exploration, fouille, survol, sortie, ratissage, fragage, ramoneur, balayage, sweepstake

idioms:

  • sweep aside    (lit, fig) écarter (qn, une protestation), repousser (une offre), balayer (des inhibitions)
  • sweep away    emporter (qn, un pont) (par une rivière), (fig) éliminer, faire disparaître, balayer (un obstacle)
  • sweep someone off their feet    emporter qn (par une vague), faire perdre pied à qn (en mer), (fig) faire perdre la tête à qn
  • sweep the board    remporter haut la main
  • sweep under the carpet    escamoter qch, occulter qch
  • sweep under the rug    escamoter qch, occulter qch
  • sweep up    balayer, ramasser (qch) d'un geste large, (fig) être entraîné dans/par

Deutsch (German)
v. - fegen, kehren, rauschen, gleiten
n. - Schornsteinfeger, Schwung, Bogen, Einsatz

idioms:

  • sweep aside    beiseitefegen
  • sweep away    wegkehren, (mar.) beim Rojen lang ausholen
  • sweep someone off their feet    überwältigen
  • sweep the board    alles gewinnen
  • sweep under the carpet    unter den Teppich kehren
  • sweep under the rug    unter den Teppich kehren
  • sweep up    zusammenfegen, zusammenkehren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σαρώνω, σκουπίζω, (μτφ.) ξεχύνομαι, κατακλύζω, διατρέχω, περιτρέχω, εκτείνομαι
n. - σκούπισμα, σάρωση, καπνοδοχοκαθαριστής, κυκλοτερής ή σαρωτική κίνηση, μακρύ κουπί, ακτίνα (στροφής κ.λπ.), ομαλή καμπύλη, (πληθ.) μετρήσεις ακροαματικότητας τηλεοπτικών δικτύων

idioms:

  • sweep clean    καθαρίζω, σαρώνω
  • sweep someone off their feet    ξετρελαίνω, θαμπώνω
  • sweep the board    σαρώνω τα βραβεία, τινάζω τη μπάνκα
  • sweep under the carpet    κρύβω τα σαρίδια κάτω από το χαλί, (μτφ.) κρύβω κάτι όπως όπως, ψευτοκουκουλώνω
  • sweep under the rug    κρύβω τα σαρίδια κάτω από το χαλί, (μτφ.) κρύβω κάτι όπως όπως, ψευτοκουκουλώνω
  • sweep up    σκουπίζω, καμπυλώνομαι προς τα πάνω

Italiano (Italian)
spazzare, ala del mulino, voltata

idioms:

  • clean sweep    sbarazzarsi
  • sweep someone off their feet    fare innamorare come una pera cotta
  • sweep the board    riportare un completo successo
  • sweep under the carpet/rug    nascondere
  • sweep up    raccattare, spazzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - varrer
n. - varrida (f)

idioms:

  • sweep someone off their feet    maravilhar alguém
  • sweep the board    ganhar a vitória
  • sweep under the carpet/rug    encobrir
  • sweep up    limpar

Русский (Russian)
выметание, трубочист, грязнуля, подметальщик улиц, темная личность, течение, взмах, размах, диапазон, охват, изгиб, подметать, подчищать, сгребать, мчаться, ходить величаво, тащить, обуять, окидывать (взглядом), простираться

idioms:

  • sweep someone off their feet    увлечь кого-л., сбить с ног
  • sweep the board    сорвать банк, получить все призы, иметь полный успех
  • sweep under the carpet/rug    прятать, маскировать
  • sweep up    подмести, производить уборку, ринуться вверх, сгребать, сметать в кучу

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - barrer, dragar, arrasar, movimiento amplio, escobar, limpiar, deshollinar, pasar rápidamente por, arrebatar, llevarse, rasguear, pulsar, arrastrar (la cola), recorrer (con la vista, los dedos), abarcar, dominar, alcanzar, mover con amplio ademán
v. intr. - pasar rápidamente con violencia, arrastrar (dicho de una cola, un vestido), moverse o andar majestuosamente, extenderse
n. - remo, draga, barrido, envergadura, movimiento amplio, barrendero, deshollinador, extensión, recorrido, alcance, vuelo, curso, carrera, curva, vuelta, aspa (de molino), cigoñal (de pozo)

idioms:

  • sweep aside    apartar o rechazar con un ademán desdeñoso o majestuoso
  • sweep away    arrebatar, llevarse
  • sweep someone off their feet    entusiasmar a alguien, volverle loco a uno, arrastrar
  • sweep the board    limpiar la mesa, llevarse todas las medallas
  • sweep under the carpet    ocultar algo, correr un velo sobre algo
  • sweep under the rug    ocultar algo, correr un velo sobre algo
  • sweep up    barrer, recoger, llegar rápidamente, emprender vuelo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - svepa, sopa, draga, rusa, skrida, dragga, susa, svepa fram över, bestryka
n. - segel, rad, sotare, usling, fullständig erövring, överblick, räckhåll, omfång

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
扫, 扫去, 清扫, 打扫, 清除, 袭击, 绵亘, 伸展, 延伸, 一挥, 曲线

idioms:

  • sweep clean    大胜, 打扫, 扫除
  • sweep someone off their feet    使某人狂热, 使某人激动
  • sweep the board    几乎全胜
  • sweep under the carpet    掩盖
  • sweep under the rug    掩盖
  • sweep up    卷

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 掃, 掃去, 清掃, 打掃, 清除
v. intr. - 掃, 襲擊, 打掃
n. - 打掃, 清掃, 綿亙, 伸展, 延伸, 一揮, 曲線

idioms:

  • sweep clean    大勝, 打掃, 掃除
  • sweep someone off their feet    使某人狂熱, 使某人激動
  • sweep the board    幾乎全勝
  • sweep under the carpet    掩蓋
  • sweep under the rug    掩蓋
  • sweep up    卷

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (먼지를) 털어내다, 소제하다, 쓸어내리다
v. intr. - 청소하다, 엄습하다
n. - 쓸기, 청소, 진보

idioms:

  • sweep up    쓸어 버리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 掃く, 掃除する, さっと運び去る, 一掃する, 押し流す, 吹き飛ばす, さっと見渡す, さっとかすめる, さっと通り過ぎる, 襲う, 圧勝する, 見渡す, 広がる, 上品にする
n. - 掃くこと, 一掃, さっと動かすこと, 曲線, 広がり, 範囲, 流れ, 全面的勝利

idioms:

  • sweep clean    きれいに掃除する
  • sweep someone off their feet    足をさらう, 夢中にさせる
  • sweep the board    卓上の金を全部取る, 全勝する
  • sweep under the carpet    悪事を隠す
  • sweep under the carpet/rug    悪事を隠す
  • sweep up    掃除する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزيل , يكنس , يكسب بفوز ساحق (الاسم) كنس , مجذاف طويل , فوز ساحق , كناس, الشوارع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮טאטא, ניקה, גרף, סרק, ביער, סחף, טיהר, שטף, הניע בתנופה, השיט (במשוטים)‬
v. intr. - ‮טאטא, ניקה, גרף, סרק, חלף, עבר על פני, נמשך, השתרע, גלש במהירות‬
n. - ‮טאטוא, גריפה, תנועה חדה, תנופה, סריקה, תחום, שטח, היקף, טווח, מרחב, מנקה-ארובות, כנף טחנת-רוח, משוט‬

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