different between expansive vs outspread

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?spæns?v/
• Rhymes: -?v

Adjective

expansive (comparative more expansive, superlative most expansive)

1. Comprehensive in scope or extent.

   an expansive research work

2. Talkative and sociable.
3. Able to be expanded. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.

Translations

French

Adjective

expansive

1. feminine singular of expansif

Latin

Adjective

exp?ns?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of exp?ns?vus

English

Etymology

From Middle English outspreden, equivalent to out- +? spread. Cognate with Dutch uitspreiden (“to outspread, stretch, unfold”), Danish udsprede (“to outspread”), Swedish utspridda (“to outspread”).

Verb

outspread (third-person singular simple present outspreads, present participle outspreading, simple past and past participle outspread)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To spread out; expand; extend.

Adjective

outspread (comparative more outspread, superlative most outspread)

1. Extended outward, as one's arms.

Anagrams

• postdauer, spread out