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expand
English
Etymology
Recorded in Middle English since 1422 (as expanden, expaunden), from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Latin expandere present active infinitive of expand? (“to spread out”), itself from ex- (“out, outwards”) + pand? (“to spread”). Doublet of spawn.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ænd
- IPA(key): /?k?spænd/
Verb
expand (third-person singular simple present expands, present participle expanding, simple past and past participle expanded)
- (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
- (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
- (transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
- (transitive, algebra) To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
- (intransitive, algebra, of an expression) To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value
- (intransitive) To change or grow from smaller to larger in form, number, or size.
- (intransitive) To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.
- (intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.
- (intransitive) To feel generous or optimistic.
Synonyms
- (to change from a smaller form/size to a larger one): open out, spread, spread out, unfold
- (to increase the extent, number, volume or scope of): enlarge
- (to express at length or in detail): elaborate (on), expand on
Antonyms
- (to change from a smaller form/size to a larger one): contract
- (to increase the extent, number, volume or scope of): contract
- (algebra: to rewrite as an equivalent sum of terms): factor
Derived terms
- expandable
- expander
Related terms
- expanse
- expansible
- expansile
- expansive
- expansion
- expansionism
Translations
expand From the web:
- what expanded form
- what expands
- what expands when frozen
- what expanded notation
- what expand mean
- what expanded form means
- what expands when you inhale
- what expands in water
spreading
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp??d??/
- Rhymes: -?d??
Verb
spreading
- present participle of spread
Translations
Noun
spreading (plural spreadings)
- The act by which something is spread.
- 1991, Samuel D. Robbins, Wisconsin Birdlife: Population & Distribution Past & Present (page 579)
- Small numbers [of meadowlarks] remain on farms in the southern counties throughout the winter, usually relying on fresh manure spreadings for food when snow covers the fields.
- 1991, Samuel D. Robbins, Wisconsin Birdlife: Population & Distribution Past & Present (page 579)
Translations
Anagrams
- respading
spreading From the web:
- what's spreading the gospel
- what spreading disease
- what spreading factor
- what's spreading mean
- what's spreading rate
- what spreading center
- what spreading coefficient
- seafloor spreading
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