| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| VERB | 1 | expand, spread out | Extend in one or more directions |
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| 2 | expand | Become larger in size or volume or quantity | |
| 3 | expand | Make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity | |
| 4 | expand, boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, flourish | Grow stronger | |
| 5 | expand, inflate, blow up, amplify | Exaggerate or make bigger | |
| 6 | expand, elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expound, dilate | Add details, as to an account or idea | |
| 7 | expand, extend | Expand the influence of |
| Sounds | ihkspae'nd |
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| Rhymes | ampersand, armband, backhand, and 86 more rhymes in aend at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Extend in one or more directions. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "The dough expands" |
| Synonyms | spread out |
| Narrower | dispread; bush out |
| Broader | grow |
| Contrary | shrink, contract |
| Meaning | Become larger in size or volume or quantity. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "his business expanded rapidly" |
| Narrower | balloon, inflate, billow; swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce |
| Broader | grow |
| Meaning | Make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "expand the house by adding another wing" |
| Narrower | develop; inflate, blow up |
| Broader | enlarge |
| Meaning | Grow stronger. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Model | The business is going to expand |
| Synonyms | boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, flourish |
| Narrower | revive; luxuriate |
| Broader | grow |
| Meaning | Exaggerate or make bigger. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | inflate, blow up, amplify |
| Narrower | puff up |
| Broader | increase |
| Meaning | Add details, as to an account or idea. Clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expound, dilate |
| Narrower | detail; set forth, expound, exposit; exemplify, illustrate, instance; specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise |
| Broader | clarify, clear up, elucidate |
| Contrary | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce |
| Nouns | expansion; expansion |
| Meaning | Expand the influence of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | extend |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Similar to | widen, broaden, extend |