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[ik-spand]

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verb (used with object)

to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.

to spread or stretch out; unfold: A bird expands its wings.

to express in fuller form or greater detail; develop: to expand a short story into a novel.

Mathematics.

to write (a mathematical expression) so as to show the products of its factors. Compare factor (def. 10).

to rewrite (a mathematical expression) as a sum, product, etc., of terms of a particular kind: to expand a function in a power series.

verb (used without object)

to increase or grow in extent, bulk, scope, etc.: Most metals expand with heat. The mind expands with experience.

to spread out; unfold; develop: The buds had not yet expanded.

to express something more fully or in greater detail (usually followed by on or upon): to expand on a statement.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English expanden < Latin expandere to spread out, equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + pandere to extend, stretch

Related forms

ex·pand·a·ble, ex·pand·i·ble, adjective

ex·pand·a·bil·i·ty, ex·pand·i·bil·i·ty, noun

non·ex·pand·ing, adjective

o·ver·ex·pand, verb

pre·ex·pand, verb (used with object)

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re·ex·pand, verb

self-ex·pand·ing, adjective

su·per·ex·pand, verb

un·ex·pand·a·ble, adjective

un·ex·pand·ing, adjective

COLLAPSE

Can be confused: expand, expend (see synonym note at the current entry).

Synonyms
1. extend, swell, enlarge. See increase. Expand, dilate, distend, inflate imply becoming larger and filling more space. To expand is to spread out, usually in every direction: to expand one's chest. To dilate is especially to increase the width or circumference, and applies to space enclosed within confines or to hollow bodies: to dilate the pupils of the eyes. To distend is to stretch, often beyond the point of natural expansion: to distend an artery. To inflate is to blow out or swell a hollow body with air or gas: to inflate a balloon.

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Example Sentences

Instead, they said they tended to hire more workers or expand when the economy improved.

Some colleges use computer simulations to expand science offerings online.

Finance cannot expand well ahead of economic realities without getting itself into significant trouble.

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Instead, they said they tended to hire more workers or expand when the economy improved.

Some colleges use computer simulations to expand science offerings online.

Finance cannot expand well ahead of economic realities without getting itself into significant trouble.

Some gangs of chimpanzees beat their neighbors to death in bids to expand their turf, according to a new study.

The theory that universe will expand to a point then begin to contract is fundamentally flawed.

There ought to be a medium beyond the limits of the universe into which it can expand.

California, and it seemed the only way to expand either one was to build up or start over.

The immediate aim is to expand the open source project, not sell subscriptions to a distro based on the existing open source code.

I'd expand a little on the point made by ajpadovani.

The bag's side snaps expand as you collect souvenirs on your travels.

Researchers looking to expand our knowledge of viruses should dip into some raw sewage.

Thanks for the effort you took to expand upon this topic so thoroughly.

Sunset readers regularly expand the chile relleno tradition, often by lowering the fat.

The military will use many of the same rockets, and could also expand its brand-new fleet of small, robotic space planes.

With worldwide control of its brands, the company will try to expand abroad, especially through franchises.

If the sun expands to a red giant, the orbit of the earth will expand by the same percentage that the sun grew.

Unless it is commentary intended to either expand awareness, or invoke strong feelings of misanthropy.

On a wall, a mirror seems to expand a garden beyond its boundaries.

For interior blocks, they don't expand horizontally the same because of interactions with the blocks next to them.

The exodus would help those left behind to expand their land holdings and use them more efficiently.

Ten years ago two teams discovered that the universe will expand forever at an ever faster rate, thanks to an unseen energy.

As the turtles continue to breed, the same penchant for getting stuck in the cape will expand.

It needs to be hot enough to cause the puffs to expand quickly, but not so hot that they set before they have a chance to balloon.

Mike brown set out to expand the galaxy, not shrink it.

The primary effect of all these changes will be to make it more expensive to expand the balance-sheet.

Likewise, this reminds us how the universe could expand faster than the speed of light during the superexpansion.

Since then, the city has continued to acquire land and expand the waterfront park system.

Flowers almost cover the tree in midspring before the leaves expand.

Each episode focuses on a writer who helped explain and expand the world of science through the use of fiction.

She thinks this spending will expand the country's health outlays even more than the direct cost to the federal exchequer.

And it tells us if and how the universe should expand.

Their lives expand far beyond the threshold of their old neighborhoods.

These kinds expand slowly and gradually from the center, so they're much easier to control than their running relations.

In this excerpt, a new discovery gives him a chance to expand his operation.

All things in the universe want to collapse and recoil and expand unless acted upon by another force.

The bubbles expand until the flour mixture gets hot enough to become rigid and retain their impression.

Unless you want to start hosing coal dust off the side of your house, you will want to see renewables expand.

In the second, there was so much to remember, so the event seemed to expand.

As you gain experience, you may want to expand the plot.

We will continue to expand our technology and so our ability to expand in population.

If you want to expand the variety of ground feeders, throw out some white millet where the sunflower seeds fall.

The anesthetics relaxed the molecules, making them expand in size.

Once plants begin to grow through the top, fill the tubes completely with water to expand the top of the cloche.

The reason being insufficient observations and the inability to expand ideas beyond a threshold, which comes of age.

Plans are underway to expand the centers into the virtual world within the next year and a half.

Finally, to increase the strength of generators, engineers traditionally expand the machine's diameter.

Further, relatively few of the deposits expand so much that they shrink the bloodstream to a pinpoint.

Individual patches of space may expand faster or slower, but researchers reckon that the discrepancies are localized.

The north pole will have less land but a wide open ocean for sea life to expand.

But how they interact with texts continues to expand and evolve.

New robots undergoing field tests could expand scientists' access to polar regions and improve understanding of climate change.

In addition to exhibit descriptions, docents are on hand to expand on posted descriptions.

Windows, doors, and a new deck expand a small house.

Educators and policy makers discussed ways to expand the sector and.

If other firms expand abroad, they too will see profits per partner fall.

Some say the method creates flat land needed to expand towns, while others.

They lacked the ability to expand their thinking and adapt to changing conditions.

Watch tips on how to give succulents new life when they expand beyond their space.

As well as courting business, social entrepreneurs are also increasingly looking to expand into partnerships with governments.

But the physics of how ice sheets melt and how the oceans will expand in a warmer world is still poorly understood.

But they're also faced with a major opportunity: to expand beyond the paper and website formats.

It offers the opportunity to expand their understanding of the world and to develop skills they will need to make their way in.

We expect the student body and the faculty to expand over time.

The museum is currently housed in an old movie theater, but has so much material it plans to expand into a larger space.

His company, which mostly sells tech to expand cell coverage inside buildings, also does some business in jammers.

Educators and policy makers discussed ways to expand the sector and ensure quality at a recent conference.

Improvements in text-to-speech technology promise to expand the way synthetic voices are used.

Watch tips on how to give succulents new life when they expand beyond their space watch.

Summers says he plans to expand financial aid for low-income students and to actively recruit them in what could.

Expand or, break out the chisel http://wwwmindfulmoneycouk/2611/economic-impact/eurozone-must-expand-.

Many deliver distance education to out-of-state students to expand their geographic footprint.

Leaves, roots and fruit have been chewed, brewed and smoked in a quest to expand the mind.

Genetic testing will expand quickly and soon, adding highly targeted data to people's medical records.

All was going well until they decided to expand the parking lot.

To expand their global cachet, schools are under pressure to link up with partners overseas.

Fundamentally, companies seek this closer digital relationship with their customers so they can expand revenue.

Purtill says he hopes to expand to other campuses by the fall.

Sugar could expand on degraded pasture with little or no effect on beef prices.

These programs will soon have to expand training to the craft labor who will be constructing the plants.

Expand your literary horizons and try getting wrapped up in a bit of lit from another part of the world.

While you used to be able to add leaves to a table to expand it for company, many modern tables lack them.

Spurs have long had plans to expand there, but the bureaucracy involved is costing too much time and money.

Under such conditions trapped air can expand and tear fragile tissues in the lungs' air sacs.

But in our current understanding, dark energy seems to promise that the universe will expand forever.

Such computers would harness the physical properties of quantum bits, or qubits, to expand the reach of computation.

The program hopes to expand its student prizes to even more schools in the coming years.

How matter expands with or does not expand with expanding time and dimension is what makes it relative.

These stores made it a cinch to expand his original plan for simple tuna sandwiches into a more elaborate salad.

Historically, such lands have been cleared to expand lucrative palm oil plantations or expand pulp and paper businesses.

See, we'd been thinking about ways to expand our hand-grown.

The heat of the hands will expand the components so they jam.

When that happens, it compresses the lung and does not allow the lung to expand enough for respiration.

One day humans are going to have to expand out in search of a new home in the galaxy.

Between the ages of one and two, toddlers typically rapidly expand their vocabularies.

COLLAPSE

Collins

World English Dictionary

expand (ɪkˈspænd)

—vb (often foll by on)
1.	to make or become greater in extent, volume, size, or scope; increase
2.	to spread out or be spread out; unfold; stretch out
3.	to enlarge or expatiate on (a story, topic, etc) in detail
4.	(intr) to become increasingly relaxed, friendly, or talkative
5.	maths to express (a function or expression) as the sum or product of terms

[C15: from Latin expandere to spread out, from pandere to spread, extend]

ex'pandable

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

expand

early 15c., "spread out, spread flat," from Anglo-Fr. espaundre, from L. expandere "to spread out," from ex- "out" + pandere "to spread." Sense of "grow larger" first recorded 1640s. Related: Expanded; expanding.

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