expanded
Meaning of expanded
adjective
being or having been enlarged or extended.
verb, past tense- 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’.
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Hyphenation of expanded
ex-panded
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- expanded is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
expanded synonyms
Meaning make or become larger or more extensive:
Meaning (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:
Meaning make or become wider, larger, or more open:
Meaning exaggerate:
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 cause to cover a wider area; make larger:
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:
expanded antonyms
Meaning become or make smaller in size or amount:
Meaning decrease in size, number, or range:
Meaning make (something) denser or more concentrated:
Words that rhyme with expanded
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