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expansive

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adjective

having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive: expansive mountain scenery.

(of a person's character or speech) effusive, unrestrained, free, or open: Our expansive host welcomed us warmly.

tending to expand or capable of expanding.

causing expansion: the expansive force of heat.

working by expansion, as an engine.

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Psychiatry. marked by an abnormal euphoric state and by delusions of grandeur.

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Origin:
1645–55; expans(ion) + -ive

Related forms

ex·pan·sive·ly, adverb

ex·pan·sive·ness, noun

non·ex·pan·sive, adjective

non·ex·pan·sive·ly, adverb

non·ex·pan·sive·ness, noun

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o·ver·ex·pan·sive, adjective

o·ver·ex·pan·sive·ly, adverb

o·ver·ex·pan·sive·ness, noun

un·ex·pan·sive, adjective

un·ex·pan·sive·ly, adverb

un·ex·pan·sive·ness, noun

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Can be confused: expansive, expensive (see synonym note at expensive).

Synonyms
2. sociable, extroverted, outgoing, genial, unreserved; gushy, gushing.

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It is normally a time for upbeat comments about bright futures and expansive political visions.

In previous entries of my sabbatical diary, one topic that arose was how to handle expansive periods of unstructured time.

If you buy this premise, there are expansive implications.

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It is normally a time for upbeat comments about bright futures and expansive political visions.

In previous entries of my sabbatical diary, one topic that arose was how to handle expansive periods of unstructured time.

If you buy this premise, there are expansive implications.

Our other animals typically find refuge at certain elevations within their expansive enclosures.

Cheetahs have lean bodies, long legs, a large heart and expansive lungs.

His expansive collection of precious everyday objects includes a jewel encrusted baseball and a sapphire-studded mailbox.

But an east-west voyage offers a more expansive and more reflective experience.

These expansive instrumental epics start out icy, but melt easily enough with proper application of the human ear.

Lavezzo, an expansive and naturally friendly sort, doesn't get angry often.

The fit with the president's expansive agenda seemed awkward, and the amount was pennies on the original dollar.

They do not include expansive new police or spying laws.

Try wagon rides and runs around the expansive property by day, and sample the wares at the on-site farm store.

The setting is spectacular, with expansive vistas of mountains and valleys.

Soak in the peaceful splendor that invites you to relax under expansive granite views.

In the ever expansive world of music genres, there is something new discovered every day.

She was tall and tan and stylish, expansive and difficult, playful and brilliant.

But several justices offered spirited resistance to a more explicitly expansive.

Sainsbury's bosses and shareholders can only benefit by being saved from their own expansive ambitions.

Its expansive floor of red soil was littered with strange objects.

Aiding this food revolution was an expansive set of government policies.

The inviting lobby is contemporary but subdued, to highlight the expansive mountain views.

The expansive wasteland also led to another new concept for an id game: driving.

Inside the building, the attempts at bridge building and dealing with public concerns were more expansive.

Those of you worried about the expansive money supply, do your part and destroy some money.

India's creaky but expansive social welfare system has long been geared toward redressing the inequities of caste.

We have an expansive musical memory that enables us to recall tens of thousands of melodies with ease.

Views along this trail are more expansive than those on hikes below the rim.

There's also some link leads to a more expansive collection of channels.

The bigger the checks they write, the more expansive their ideas about how that money should be spent.

They have an expansive personality that can fill a convention room.

Expansive aspen stands and piñon- and juniper-dotted ridges give way to sandy sagebrush deserts.

Parcels of land with big, expansive buildings and acres of asphalt will be up for grabs.

Which is why the conventional approach to higher education has been, and should continue to be, expansive.

Unfortunately, the required yield is now so high it may be the case that expansive fiscal policy is beyond their means now.

After showing me around the lab, he leads me to his expansive office downstairs and offers me a cup of spiced chai.

We have expansive numbers of contacts in graduate programs.

It gets cheaper to buy an advanced laptop, car, cell phone etc but it gets more expansive to go to the doctor.

Like the expansive use of the filibuster, it is within the rules, but it is an awfully poor way to run a government.

Keep in mind the government didn't net much from its expansive effort to illuminate offshore accounts and tax cheats.

Dominant animals show their status with expansive postures, and.

But the community's true boundaries are at once more expansive and more constricted.

Group dynamics and charismatic leadership play powerful roles in convincing people to embrace the expansive goals of terrorism.

Visitors can tour the single-story adobe, while admiring the expansive views of the city.

But that doesn't mean it can't be gourmet, with an expansive menu and interesting cutlery.

Expansive third floor with four bedrooms and two full baths.

Finefellow,The problem is that the definition of exploitation has a way of becoming quite expansive.

Intricate folding permits the expansive cortex to fit inside a skull with limited surface area.

They've spent countless hours questing, socializing and slaying monsters and wildlife in the expansive fantasy world.

His corporate endeavors also reflected an altruistic and expansive approach to product development and marketing.

The miniseries' varied artwork rises to the task of accompanying such an expansive storyline.

His points seem insightful and probative but not expansive enough for a general paradigm.

The expansive space contains a well-edited mix of antiques and creatively reclaimed furnishings and collectibles.

Most of them don't own or need a car thanks to the city's expansive public transportation system.

Instead, it was open to the sky, with expansive views in all directions.

Petersburg is expansive to the point of dreaminess about the potential of nanotech.

These are then used to control a petal through an expansive countryside setting.

Urban strategy is a diminutive component of a much more expansive social term: population control.

You'll want to fully explore every nook and cranny of the expansive land, because loot and rewards are hidden throughout.

It makes creating a expansive wide shot as easy as pressing a button and sweeping the camera in front of your face.

The selection of wines here is not as expansive as the liquor selections.

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World English Dictionary

expansive (ɪkˈspænsɪv)

—*adj*
1.	able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
2.	wide; extensive
3.	friendly, open, or talkative: an expansive person
4.	grand or extravagant: an expansive way of life
5.	psychiatry lacking restraint in the expression of feelings, esp in having delusions of grandeur or being inclined to overvalue oneself or one's work

ex'pansively

—*adv*

ex'pansiveness

—n

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Word Origin & History

expansive

1650s, from L. expansus (see expanse) + -ive. Related: Expansively.

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