expand

Meaning of expand

verb
  1. 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:

inflate, amplify

Meaning elaborate:

elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, expound, dilate

Meaning extend:

extend

Meaning (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:

swell

Meaning swell out in a spherical shape:

balloon

Meaning make or become longer:

lengthen

Meaning cause (something) to become longer or wider by pulling it:

stretch

Meaning make or become thick or thicker:

thicken

Meaning make or become fat or fatter:

fatten

Meaning swell up:

intumesce

Meaning become swollen:

tumefy

Meaning (of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically:

grow

Meaning make (something) greater by adding to it; increase:

augment

Meaning become larger in distance from side to side; widen:

broaden

Meaning make or become wider:

widen

Meaning grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate:

develop

Meaning make or become more diverse or varied:

diversify

Meaning increase or cause to increase greatly in number or quantity:

multiply

Meaning extend over a large or increasing area:

spread

Meaning increase rapidly in number; multiply:

proliferate

Meaning increase, spread, or develop rapidly:

mushroom

expand antonyms

Meaning become or make smaller in size or amount:

shrink

Meaning decrease in size, number, or range:

contract

Meaning make (something) denser or more concentrated:

condense

Translation of expand

Words that rhyme with expand

pand, repand, subrepand, compand, ropand, dispand, troupand, coexpand, overexpand, preexpand, reexpand, superexpand

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