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   Ex·pand

   /ikˈspand/

   

   verb

   • 1. become or make larger or more extensive: "their business expanded into other hotels and properties" Similar increase in sizebecome largerenlargeswellbecome distendeddilateinflateballoonpuff out/uplengthenstretchthickenfattenfill outrare:intumescetumefygrowbecome/make largerbecome/make biggerincrease in size/scopeextendaugmentbroadenwidendevelopdiversifymultiplyadd tobuild upscale upbranch outbroaden one's horizonsextend one's operationsspreadproliferatemushroomOpposite shrinkcontractcondenseshrinkscale down
   • ▪ (of the universe) undergo a continuous change whereby, according to theory based on observed redshifts, all the galaxies recede from one another.
   • ▪ give a fuller version or account of: "Anne expanded on the theory" Similar elaborate onenlarge onadd detail togo into detail aboutflesh output flesh on the bones ofdevelopsupplementamplifyexpatiate onembellishembroiderpad outfill outOpposite touch on

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin expandere ‘to spread out’, from ex- ‘out’ + pandere ‘to spread’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. expander noun
   • 2. expansibility noun
   • 3. expansible adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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   • 1. to increase in extent, size, scope, or volume. 2. to stretch out; spread. 3. to express in fuller form or greater detail; develop: to expand a story into a novel. 4. a. to write (a mathematical expression) so as to show the products of its factors.

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   • (Intransitive) To become smaller; to contract. Find another word for expands. In this page you can discover 55 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for expands, like: extends, flourishes, thrives, booms, inflates, dilates, expounds, enlarges, expatiates, elaborates and broadens.

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   The verb expand means to make something bigger or wider. It might refer to something concrete, as when you blow into a balloon and make it expand, or something more abstract, as when you study to expand your mind.

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