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| 1. | [ verb ] extend in one or more directions | |
| Synonyms: | spread_out | |
| Examples: | "The dough expands" |
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| Related terms: | shrink grow rise bush_out dispread | |
| 2. | [ verb ] become larger in size or volume or quantity | |
| Examples: | "his business expanded rapidly" "The bag will expand when pressure is lowered" |
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| Related terms: | grow swell balloon | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity | |
| Examples: | "expand the house by adding another wing" |
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| Related terms: | enlarge inflate develop | |
| 4. | [ verb ] grow stronger | |
| Synonyms: | flourish prosper thrive get_ahead boom | |
| Examples: | "The economy was booming" |
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| Related terms: | grow revive luxuriate boom | |
| 5. | [ verb ] exaggerate or make bigger | |
| Synonyms: | inflate amplify blow_up | |
| Examples: | "The charges were inflated" |
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| Related terms: | increase puff_up | |
| 6. | [ verb ] add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | |
| Synonyms: | elaborate expound enlarge exposit flesh_out lucubrate dilate expatiate | |
| Examples: | "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" |
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| Related terms: | abridge clarify exemplify set_forth specify detail amplification exposition expansion expatiation dilation expansion lucubration | |
| 7. | [ verb ] expand the influence of | |
| Synonyms: | extend | |
| Examples: | "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" |
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| Related terms: | change widen | |
| Similar spelling: |
expanded expanding expend expansion expanse expound expender expended expending expansive expansile |
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