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Defenition of the word expand

    • Defenition of the word expand

      • To change (something) from a smaller form to a larger one.
      • To extend in one or more directions.
      • grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
      • elaborate or expatiate upon; give details; "She elaborated on her plans"
      • become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"; "The bag will expand when pressure is lowered"
      • make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"
      • extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"
      • expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
      • exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
      • become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"
      • add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
      • become larger in size or volume or quantity
      • exaggerate or make bigger
      • grow vigorously
      • expand the influence of
      • make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
      • add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
      • extend in one or more directions

    Synonyms for the word expand

      • amplify
      • blow up
      • boom
      • develop
      • dilate
      • elaborate
      • enlarge
      • expatiate
      • expound
      • extend
      • flesh out
      • flourish
      • get ahead
      • get bigger
      • increase
      • inflate
      • make bigger
      • open out
      • prosper
      • spread out
      • swell
      • thrive
      • unfold

    Similar words in the expand

      • expand
      • expandable
      • expanded
      • expanding
      • expands

    Hyponyms for the word expand

      • balloon
      • billow
      • blow up
      • bush out
      • detail
      • develop
      • dispread
      • exemplify
      • exposit
      • expound
      • illustrate
      • inflate
      • instance
      • intumesce
      • luxuriate
      • particularise
      • particularize
      • puff up
      • revive
      • set forth
      • specialise
      • specialize
      • specify
      • swell
      • swell up
      • tumefy
      • tumesce

    Hypernyms for the word expand

      • alter
      • change
      • clarify
      • clear up
      • elucidate
      • enlarge
      • grow
      • increase
      • modify

    Antonyms for the word expand

      • abbreviate
      • abridge
      • contract
      • cut
      • foreshorten
      • reduce
      • shorten
      • shrink

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