sweeps
sweeps noun: the Nielsen ratings used to measure television show viewership several times a year. Also the plural of sweep.
Noun
sweeps pl (plural only)
- The Nielsen ratings used to measure television show viewership several times a year.
Also used as
sweeps is also the plural of sweep.
sweeps is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of sweep.
sweeps meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
sweeps in Hindi
- स्वीप्स
sweeps in Urdu
- جھاڑواں
sweeps in Bengali
- সুইপস
sweeps in Malayalam
- സ്വീപ്പുകൾ
More languagesFewer languages
- sweeps in Kannada
- ಸ್ವೀಪ್ಗಳು
- sweeps in Gujarati
- સ્વીપ્સ
- sweeps in Nepali
- स्वीपहरू, स्वीप्स
Origin of sweeps
From sweep + -s (pluralia tantum suffix).
Words formed from sweeps
Phrases with sweeps
- sweeps in
- sweeps up
- jet sweeps
- leg sweeps
- sea sweeps
- sweeps out
- foot sweeps
- sweeps away
- clean sweeps
- sweeps along
- sweeps aside
- muzzle sweeps
16 more phrasesFewer phrases
- podium sweeps
- sweeps stunts
- chimney sweeps
- May Day sweeps
- May-day sweeps
- reverse sweeps
- sweeps the deck
- variable sweeps
- sweeps the board
- a new broom sweeps clean
- sweeps someone off their feet
- sweeps the floor with someone
- sweeps something under the rug
- a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners
- a new broom sweeps clean, but the old broom knows the corners
- a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows all the corners
Questions about sweeps
- What does sweeps mean?
- Sweeps means the Nielsen ratings used to measure television show viewership several times a year.
- What is sweeps in Hindi?
- Sweeps in Hindi is स्वीप्स. See Sweeps meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sweeps?
- Sweeps is a noun.
Words near sweeps in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sweeps (page history and authors); sweeps (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sweeps (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sweeps (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sweeps (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sweeps (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sweeps (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sweeps (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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