EXPAND
\ɛkspˈand], \ɛkspˈand], \ɛ_k_s_p_ˈa_n_d]\
Definitions of EXPAND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
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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"
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expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
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make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"
By Princeton University
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grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
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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"
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expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
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make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
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To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
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To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.
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To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.
By Oddity Software
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To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
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To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
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To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.
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To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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