sweeping

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of sweep

noun

1. (countable) An instance of sweeping.
   The sidewalk needed a sweeping every morning.
2. (uncountable) The activity of sweeping.
   Sweeping took all morning.
   The sidewalk needed sweeping every morning.

adj

1. Wide, broad, affecting or touching upon many things.
   The government will bring in sweeping changes to the income tax system.
   He loves making sweeping statements without the slightest evidence.
   We steamed easily across the first part of the Tay Bridge, and then after passing over the long spans in mid-stream we coasted smoothly down the 1 in 114 gradient, and around the sweeping curve through Esplanade Station. 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7
   By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.” June 18 2013, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-06-21
   The thing is, we've even had formal confirmation from Government itself that the crucial research required to make such sweeping claims hasn't been done! January 12 2022, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3
2. Completely overwhelming.
   He claimed a sweeping victory.