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   expand

   /ɪkˈspand/

   verb

   • 1. become or make larger or more extensive: "their business expanded into other hotels" 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 red shifts, all the galaxies recede from one another.
   • ▪ give a fuller version or account of: "the minister expanded on the government's proposals" Similar elaborate onenlarge onadd detail togo into detail aboutflesh output flesh on the bones ofdevelopsupplementamplifyexpatiate onembellishembroiderpad outfill outOpposite touch on
   • ▪ become less reserved in character or behaviour: "Alice opened and expanded in this normality" Similar relaxunbendbecome relaxedgrow friendlierbecome less reservedbecome more sociableinformal:loosen uphang looseOpposite tense upclam up

   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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   • Some common synonyms of expand are amplify, dilate, distend, inflate, and swell. While all these words mean "to increase in size or volume," expand may apply regardless of the manner of increase (such as growth, unfolding, addition of parts). When can amplify be used instead of expand?

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   How does the verb expand differ from other similar words?

   • Some common synonyms of expand are amplify, dilate, distend, inflate, and swell. While all these words mean "to increase in size or volume," expand may apply regardless of the manner of increase (such as growth, unfolding, addition of parts).

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   What does expand a business mean?

   • [intransitive, transitive] if a business expands or is expanded, new branches are opened, it makes more money, etc. The organic market is rapidly expanding among middle-class shoppers. expand into something They have recently expanded into the Middle East. expand something We've expanded the business by opening two more stores.

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   The meaning of EXPAND is to open up : unfold. How to use expand in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Expand.

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   To expand is to spread out, usually in every direction: to expand one's chest. To dilate is especially to increase the width or circumference, and applies to space enclosed within confines or to hollow bodies: to dilate the pupils of the eyes.

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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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   Synonyms for EXPAND: develop, supplement, enlarge (on or upon), amplify, flesh (out), elaborate (on), complement, dilate (on or upon); Antonyms of EXPAND: shorten, condense, contract, compress, summarize, abridge, outline, abbreviate.

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   expand. [intransitive, transitive] to become greater in size, number or importance; to make something greater in size, number or importance. Metals expand when they are heated. Student numbers are expanding rapidly. A child's vocabulary expands through reading.