expand
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.
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.
Origin of expand
1synonym study For expand
Other words for expand
Other words from expand
- 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)
- 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
Words that may be confused with expand
- expand , expend
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How to use expand in a sentence
In Sofia, Index has found a good foothold from which to expand its activity.
Index ventures into Latin America to back Sofia, a Mexico City-based telemedicine and health insurer | Jonathan Shieber | November 20, 2020 | TechCrunchLooking back in time, Wish saw its revenue growth slow in 2019, before expanding much more quickly in 2020.
Wish files to go public with 100M monthly actives, $1.75B in 2020 revenue thus far | Alex Wilhelm | November 20, 2020 | TechCrunchIn 2014, China announced a National Integrated Circuit Plan promising to spend $150 billion to expand local semiconductor manufacturing.
China wants to make its own chips. 2 failures in 1 week show how hard that will be | claychandler | November 19, 2020 | FortuneFor now, Mighty is only offering structures in California, but Ruben tells me that it’s planning to expand into other other areas of the country, even those with weather much more extreme than in the Golden State.
A new material allows this company to 3D print most of a house in a single day | Stan Horaczek | November 18, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe Democratic super PAC Priorities USA, which had been focused only on Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, expanded its operations to Georgia.
How Georgia Turned Blue | Perry Bacon Jr. (perry.bacon@fivethirtyeight.com) | November 18, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
British Dictionary definitions for expand
/ (ɪkˈspænd) /
to make or become greater in extent, volume, size, or scope; increase
to spread out or be spread out; unfold; stretch out
(intr often foll by on) to enlarge or expatiate on (a story, topic, etc) in detail
(intr) to become increasingly relaxed, friendly, or talkative
maths to express (a function or expression) as the sum or product of terms
Origin of expand
1Derived forms of expand
- expandable, adjective
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