expand
Meaning of expand
verb
- become or make larger or more extensive.
their business expanded into other hotels
the work began as a short story and was later expanded into a novel
late Middle English: from Latin expandere ‘to spread out’, from ex- ‘out’ + pandere ‘to spread’.
Information about expand
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of expand is: expands.
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Hyphenation of expand
ex-pand
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- expand is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
expand synonyms
Meaning boom:
boom, prosper, thrive, flourish
Meaning inflate:
Meaning elaborate:
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, expound, dilate
Meaning extend:
Meaning (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:
Meaning swell out in a spherical shape:
Meaning make or become longer:
Meaning cause (something) to become longer or wider by pulling it:
Meaning make or become thick or thicker:
Meaning make or become fat or fatter:
Meaning swell up:
Meaning become swollen:
Meaning (of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically:
Meaning make (something) greater by adding to it; increase:
Meaning become larger in distance from side to side; widen:
Meaning make or become wider:
Meaning grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate:
Meaning make or become more diverse or varied:
Meaning increase or cause to increase greatly in number or quantity:
Meaning extend over a large or increasing area:
Meaning increase rapidly in number; multiply:
Meaning increase, spread, or develop rapidly:
expand antonyms
Meaning become or make smaller in size or amount:
Meaning decrease in size, number, or range:
Meaning make (something) denser or more concentrated:
Translation of expand
Words that rhyme with expand
pand, repand, subrepand, compand, ropand, dispand, troupand, coexpand, overexpand, preexpand, reexpand, superexpand
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