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- pronunciation:
- ihk
spaend
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
expands, expanding, expanded |
| definition 1: |
When you expand something, you make it larger or wider.
We expanded our vegetable garden this year.- synonyms:
- extend, increase
- antonyms:
- compact, compress, shorten
- similar words:
- enhance, inflate, lengthen, spread, stretch, thicken, widen
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| definition 2: |
When something expands, it gets larger or wider.
As the balloon was being filled with more and more air, the children watched as it expanded. Then, finally, it popped.- synonyms:
- increase, swell
- antonyms:
- contract, decrease, shrink
- similar words:
- grow, rise, spread, thicken, wax, widen
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| related words: |
bulge, burst, fill, grow, inflate, multiply, open, stretch, unfold |
| derivations: |
expandable (expandible) (adj.), expanded (adj.), expander (n.) |
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