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expansive

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ex⋅pan⋅sive

  [ik-span-siv]
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–adjective
1. having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive: expansive mountain scenery.
2. (of a person's character or speech) effusive, unrestrained, free, or open: Our expansive host welcomed us warmly.
3. tending to expand or capable of expanding.
4. causing expansion: the expansive force of heat.
5. working by expansion, as an engine.
6. Psychiatry. marked by an abnormal euphoric state and by delusions of grandeur.
Origin:
1645–55; expans(ion) + -ive

Related forms:
ex⋅pan⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
ex⋅pan⋅sive⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. sociable, extroverted, outgoing, genial, unreserved; gushy, gushing.
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ex·pan·sive   (ĭk-spān'sĭv)   
adj.  

  1. Capable of expanding or tending to expand.

  2. Broad in size or extent; comprehensive: expansive police powers.

  3. Open and communicative; talkative or effusive: Wine made the guest expansive.

  4. Grand in scale: an expansive lifestyle.

ex·pan'sive·ly adv., ex·pan'sive·ness, ex'pan·siv'i·ty (ěk'spān-sĭv'ĭ-tē) n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·pan·sive
Pronunciation: ik-'span(t)-siv
Function: adjective
: marked by or indicative of exaggerated euphoria and delusions ofself-importance expansive trends> —ex·pan·sive·ness /-n&s/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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