expand
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: algebra
arithmetic
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Recorded in Middle English since 1422 (as expanden, expaunden), from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Latin expandere (“to spread out”), itself from ex- (“out, outwards”) + pandō (“to spread”). Doublet of spawn.
Inflected forms:
form: expands
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: expanding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: expanded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: expanded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: expand
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: expand
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: expanded
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: expand
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: expandest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: expanded
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: expandedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: expands
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: expandeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: expanded
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: expand
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: expanded
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: expand
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: expanded
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: expand
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: expanding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: expanded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You can expand this compact umbrella to cover a large table.
gloss: To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A flower expands its leaves.
Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.
This has evidently been encouraging, for the current winter timetable - not even with the benefit of summer holiday traffic - shows that the two trains each way have been expanded to four.
When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.
gloss: To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Use the binomial theorem to expand #123;(x#43;1)#125;⁴.
gloss: To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The expression #123;(x#43;1)#125;⁴ expands to x⁴#43;4x³#43;6x²#43;4x#43;1.
gloss: To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same (non-zero) number (which yields a fraction of equal value).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Expanding 4#47;7 by 3 gives 12#47;21.
gloss: To change or grow from smaller to larger in form, number, or size.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Many materials expand when heated.
This compact umbrella expands to cover a large table.
gloss: To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To speak or write at length or in detail.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He expanded on his plans for the business.
There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […]”
gloss: To feel generous or optimistic.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to show the subentries of (an entry).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: enlarge
elaborate
expand on
Antonyms: contract
contract
limit
limit
factor
Related words: expanse
expansible
expansile
expansion
expansionism
expansive
Derived words: coexpand
companding
expandability
expandable
expandedly
expandedness
expander
expandingly
expandingness
expand one's wings
hyperexpanded
misexpand
nonexpanded
nonexpanding
overexpand
reexpand
semiexpanded
underexpanded
unexpanded
unexpanding
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: وَسَّعَ
roman: wassaʕa
lang: Bulgarian
word: разширявам
roman: razširjavam
lang: Danish
word: ekspandere
lang: Dutch
word: uitbreiden
lang: Dutch
word: vergroten
lang: Dutch
word: vermeerderen
lang: Finnish
word: laajentaa
lang: German
word: vergrößern
lang: Hebrew
word: הרחיב
roman: hirkhív
lang: Hungarian
word: kibont
lang: Hungarian
word: kiterít
lang: Hungarian
word: széttár
lang: Italian
word: espandere
lang: Japanese
word: 広げる
roman: hirogeru
lang: Japanese
word: 拡大する
roman: kakudai suru
lang: Korean
word: 펴다
roman: pyeoda
lang: Korean
word: 피다
roman: pida
lang: Lü
word: ᦶᦖᧈᦦᦱᧂᧉ
roman: ṁae¹k̇waang²
lang: Malayalam
word: വികസിപ്പിക്കുക
roman: vikasippikkuka
lang: Māori
word: whakaroha
lang: Norwegian
word: utvide
lang: Norwegian
word: ekspandere
lang: Romanian
word: mări
lang: Russian
word: увели́чивать
roman: uvelíčivatʹ
lang: Swedish
word: expandera
lang: Swedish
word: vidga
lang: Swedish
word: utvidga
lang: Tagalog
word: palakihin
lang: Ukrainian
word: збі́льшувати
roman: zbílʹšuvaty
lang: Yiddish
word: אויסברייטערן
roman: oysbreytern
lang: Arabic
word: فَصَّلَ
roman: faṣṣala
lang: Bulgarian
word: излагам подробно
roman: izlagam podrobno
lang: Dutch
word: elaboreren
lang: Dutch
word: uitwerken
lang: Finnish
word: täsmentää
lang: Finnish
word: tarkentaa
lang: Finnish
word: selventää
lang: Hebrew
word: פירט
roman: perét
lang: Hungarian
word: kifejt
lang: Hungarian
word: bővebben elmond
lang: Italian
word: dettagliare
lang: Italian
word: dilungare
lang: Japanese
word: 広げる
roman: hirogeru
lang: Japanese
word: 拡大する
roman: kakudai suru
lang: Japanese
word: 展開する
roman: tenkai suru
lang: Japanese
word: 敷衍する
roman: fuen suru
lang: Korean
word: 펴다
roman: pyeoda
lang: Norwegian
word: utdype
lang: Norwegian
word: greie ut
lang: Russian
word: излага́ть де́ло в подро́бностях
roman: izlagátʹ délo v podróbnostjax
lang: Russian
word: раскрыва́ть суть де́ла
roman: raskryvátʹ sutʹ déla
lang: Spanish
word: expandir
lang: Spanish
word: profundizar
lang: Spanish
word: explayar
lang: Swedish
word: utveckla
lang: Tagalog
word: palawakin
lang: Bulgarian
word: разяснявам се
roman: razjasnjavam se
lang: Dutch
word: uitweiden
lang: Finnish
word: tarkentaa
lang: Finnish
word: täsmentää
lang: French
word: élaborer
lang: Hungarian
word: beszédesebbé válik
lang: Hungarian
word: megnyílik
lang: Italian
word: dilungarsi
lang: Norwegian
word: utdype
lang: Swedish
word: utveckla sig
lang: Tagalog
word: lumawak
lang: Ukrainian
word: розповіда́ти в дета́лях
roman: rozpovidáty v detáljax