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11expand — I verb accumulate, add to, advance, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, ascend, augment, balloon, be augmented, be distended, become broad, become greater, become larger, blow up, branch out, broaden, build up, burgeon, deepen, develop, develop in… …
12expand on — index comment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13expand — expandable, expandible, adj. expandability, expandibility, n. /ik spand /, v.t. 1. to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company. 2. to spread or stretch out; unfold: A bird expands its …
14expand — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, dramatically, enormously, exponentially, greatly, massively, radically, significantly, vastly ▪ The …
15expand — v. 1) (D; intr., tr.) ( to become larger ) ( to make larger ) to expand into (to expand an article into a book) 2) (d; intr.) to expand on ( to explain in detail ) (to expand on a topic) * * * [ɪk spænd] (D;intr.,tr.) ( to become larger ) ( to… …
16expand — ex|pand W3S2 [ıkˈspænd] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: expandere, from pandere to spread ] 1.) [I and T] to become larger in size, number, or amount, or to make something become larger →↑expansion ≠ ↑contract ▪ Water expands as it freezes.… …
17expand — [[t]ɪkspæ̱nd[/t]] ♦♦♦ expands, expanding, expanded 1) V ERG If something expands or is expanded, it becomes larger. Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected... The money supply expanded by 14.6 per cent in the year to… …
18expand */*/*/ — UK [ɪkˈspænd] / US verb Word forms expand : present tense I/you/we/they expand he/she/it expands present participle expanding past tense expanded past participle expanded 1) a) [intransitive] to become larger in size and fill more space The water …
19expand — 01. The English Language Program has really [expanded] over the last few years, from just 45 students to over 300. 02. Scientists now say that the continued [expansion] of the universe will not last forever, and that the universe will actually… …
20expand — ex|pand [ ık spænd ] verb *** ▸ 1 become larger in size ▸ 2 increase business ▸ 3 add more details ▸ 4 spread out ▸ 5 write in longer form 1. ) intransitive to become larger in size and filling more space: The water froze inside the pipe, causing …
