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   ex·pand

   /ikˈspand/

   verb

   • 1. become or make larger or more extensive: "their business expanded into other hotels and properties" Similar increase in sizebecome largerenlargeswellbecome distendeddilateinflateballoonpuff out/uplengthenstretchthickenfattenfill outrare:intumescetumefygrowbecome/make largerbecome/make biggerincrease in size/scopeextendaugmentbroadenwidendevelopdiversifymultiplyadd tobuild upscale upbranch outbroaden one's horizonsextend one's operationsspreadproliferatemushroomOpposite shrinkcontractcondenseshrinkscale down
   • ▪ (of the universe) undergo a continuous change whereby, according to theory based on observed redshifts, all the galaxies recede from one another.
   • ▪ give a fuller version or account of: "Anne expanded on the theory" Similar elaborate onenlarge onadd detail togo into detail aboutflesh output flesh on the bones ofdevelopsupplementamplifyexpatiate onembellishembroiderpad outfill outOpposite touch on

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin expandere ‘to spread out’, from ex- ‘out’ + pandere ‘to spread’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. expander noun
   • 2. expansibility noun
   • 3. expansible adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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