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- 1. become or make larger or more extensive: "their business expanded into other hotels" Similar Opposite
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EXPAND definition: 1. to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way: 2. to…. Learn more.
1. : to open out : spread. 2. : to increase in extent, number, volume, or scope. 3. : to speak or write fully or in detail. expanded on the theme. 4. : to feel generous or optimistic. expandability.
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.
EXPAND meaning: 1. to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way: 2. to…. Learn more.
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.
1. To become greater in size, volume, quantity, or scope: Air expands when heated. This critic's influence is expanding. 2. To speak or write at length or in detail: expand on a favorite topic. 3. To open up or out; unfold: The chair expands to form a daybed.
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.
To expand is to spread out, usually in every direction: to expand one's chest. To dilate is esp. to increase the width or circumference, and applies to space enclosed within confines or to hollow bodies: to dilate the pupils of the eyes.
To expand is to spread out, usually in every direction: to expand one's chest. To dilate is esp. to increase the width or circumference, and applies to space enclosed within confines or to hollow bodies: to dilate the pupils of the eyes.
to increase in size or amount, or to make something increase: We are hoping to expand our range of products . Electronic services are rapidly expanding to meet demand .
