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What (who) is expansion - definition
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Expansions; Expansion (computer science); Expand; Expanding; Expanded; Expansiòn; Expansion (disambiguation); Expansión; Expansions (album)
expand
(expands, expanding, expanded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something expands or is expanded, it becomes larger.
Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected...
We have to expand the size of the image.
...a rapidly expanding universe.
...strips of expanded polystyrene.
VERB: V, V n, V-ing, V-ed
2.
If something such as a business, organization, or service expands, or if you expand it, it becomes bigger and includes more people, goods, or activities. (BUSINESS)
The popular ceramics industry expanded towards the middle of the 19th century...
Health officials are proposing to expand their services by organising counselling.
VERB: V, V n
Expand
II. Expand ·vt To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to Diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
III. Expand ·vi To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.
IV. Expand ·vt To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to Dilate; to Distend; to extend every way; to Enlarge;
- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
expand
[?k'spand, ?k-]
¦ verb
1. make or become larger or more extensive.
2. (expand on) give more details about.
3. become less reserved.
Derivatives
expandability noun
expandable adjective
expander noun
expansibility noun
expansible adjective
Origin
ME: from L. expans-, expandere 'to spread out'.
Examples of use of expansion
1. The increase resulted primarily from the Sunndal expansion in Norway and the Alouette expansion in Canada.
2. Inspired by the rapid expansion of McDonald‘s, profits were plunged into expansion, and Waffle House started franchising.
3. The expansion so far has created a much larger company worth less than when the expansion began.
4. Don’t recapitalisation and capital expansion overlap?
5. Above 50 signals expansion, below 50 contraction.