Word Finder - expand

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To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.

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You can expand this compact umbrella to cover a large table.

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To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).

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A flower expands its leaves.

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To express (something) at length and/or in detail.

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To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.

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Use the binomial theorem to expand {(x+1)}^4.

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(of an expression) To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.

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The expression {(x+1)}^4 expands to x^4 + 4x^3 + 6x^2 + 4x + 1.

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To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value

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To change from a smaller form/size to a larger one.

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Many materials expand when heated.

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To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.

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To speak or write at length or in detail.

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He expanded on his plans for the business.

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To feel generous or optimistic.

A body made up of molecules of this kind will expand on heating.

Would you care to expand on that a bit?

Can you expand a little on that statement?

Then it would suddenly seem to him that it was not she but he was so unusually beautiful, and that that was why they all looked so at him, and flattered by this general admiration he would expand his chest, raise his head, and rejoice at his good fortune.

God is in the midst, and each drop tries to expand so as to reflect Him to the greatest extent.

She waited for more, her heart falling when he didn't expand on the simple answer.

After all, we live in a universe that looks like it has plenty of room for us to expand into.

Who knows what the human body would expand and flow out to under a more genial heaven?

The trees have ample room to expand on the water side, and each sends forth its most vigorous branch in that direction.

Sonya, when he came in, was twirling round and was about to expand her dresses into a balloon and sit down.

The last were razed in 1890, and the town was permitted to expand in this direction.

I am also always willing to expand my own collection.

To save you, I need to remove the tumor Wynn caused to expand in your head.

It was then allowed to expand further, taking in heat from a furnace under the cylinder and falling in pressure.

Russia plans to expand its share of oil exports over the next 18 months.

I began thinking about how I could expand that experience.

From the 6th century onwards their empire, then known as Median, began to expand at the expense of the surrounding states.

Since then, the game has received updates that expand its roster and its gameplay, giving more characters more moves and more depth.

You can expand on it if you want to; say get a driver's license in another state, or establish an address.

The school soon began to expand into a missionary college, and a government minute was adopted on the 7th of March 1835, to the effect that in higher education the object of the British government should be the promotion of European science and literature among the natives of India, and that all funds appropriated for purposes of education would be best employed on English education alone.

The custard pie routine seemed to expand beyond the scripted version!

They also have throat pleats, which can expand to allow their throat to enlarge into a huge pouch.

To combat the scourge of terrorism Member States have also agreed to expand the role of the European Union.

The following year Massey did expand the address into a small book concerning spiritualism, published by James Burns.

However, as bubbles expand the internal pressure overcomes the surface tension and the bubbles grow rapidly.

I also think you could expand this concept to use screensavers as the BBC ticker and display stories and pictures.

We are looking to expand our team with a freelance translator of German to English text.

They expand in early autumn, but are formed long before they open, and a pretty feature of the buds is a fine network of silky-white threads.

You also can find ways to expand your restaurant in size, acquiring more customers in the process.

Five dollars buys you 25 café cash dollars, which can be used to expand your restaurant without using your cafe coins.

He didn't expand, and she was too afraid to ask.

Expansion of the extra-embryonic coelom cavity allows the yolk sac and allantois to expand into the coelom cavity allows the yolk sac and allantois to expand into the coelom cavity from the gut of the embryo.

Sir John saw his investment rapidly repaid many times over and he helped the talented young mortal expand his businesses.

They have about twenty deep throat pleats which open out to let the throat expand.

You may need to expand understanding of learning and challenge preconceptions both internally and externally.

Example 1.. 15 Use the binomial theorem to expand (x + y) 5.

In an attempt to expand the bubblegum universe a three part mini series was introduced in 1990.

Instead we will safeguard and expand the green belt around towns and villages to stop urban sprawl.

While our children's waistlines continue to expand, Britain's expenditure on both cycling and walking is still among the lowest in Europe.

But, unlike Mayer and Seguin, Joule was not content with assuming that when air is compressed or allowed to expand the heat generated or absorbed is the equivalent of the work done and of that only, no change being made in the internal energy of the air itself when the temperature is kept constant.

As they travel they are accompanied by lines of magnetic force, which expand outwards in everwidening circles.'

To the north-east of the Dinaric Alps extends a region of mountain, moor and forest, with deeply sunk alluvial basins, which finally expand into the lowlands of the Posavina, or Vale of the Save, forming the southernmost fringe of the Hungarian Alfold.

To prevent misconception he must expand and explain what was obscure, adjust the incidents of the past to the ideas of later times, emphasize the moral lessons to be learned from the national history, and, finally, adapt the rules and regulations of the Old Covenant to the conditions and requirements of his own age.

A rapt audience heard O'Donnell expand on the themes explored in his recent best selling books on Emmet.

They'll be doing well simply to recoup losses, let alone expand.

The Regeneration Department offers a single point of contact for businesses seeking to establish, expand or relocate in the area.

An approach that seeks to expand the concept of citizenship beyond national boundaries does not have to render the nation state obsolete.

Since 1984 WWF has worked to establish and expand rhino sanctuaries.

Verse 2 - God will expand Jesus ' mighty scepter or reign in ever widening circles until no foe remains to oppose his rule.

Expand by sending settlers out to create new cities.