Definitions for expand

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expand ex·pand

Spelling: [ik-spand]

IPA: /ɪkˈspænd/

Expand is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in expand (adenpx).

Definitions for expand

verb (used with object)

1. to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.:
2. to spread or stretch out; unfold:
3. to express in fuller form or greater detail; develop:
4. Mathematics. to write (a mathematical expression) so as to show the products of its factors. Compare factor (def 10). to rewrite (a mathematical expression) as a sum, product, etc., of terms of a particular kind:

verb (used without object)

1. to increase or grow in extent, bulk, scope, etc.:
2. to spread out; unfold; develop:
3. to express something more fully or in greater detail (usually followed by on or upon):

Origin of expand

1400-50; late Middle English expanden Latin expandere to spread out, equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + pandere to extend, stretch

Examples for expand

It is recognized that brick will expand and contract with changes in temperature.

He once experimented with dressing as “Hilda the Wicked Witch” as a way to expand his business to Halloween.

Your heart will expand; your manly strength will increase a hundredfold.

Dr. Grenci, who agrees, also saw it as a way to expand her own knowledge on the subculture and what makes it so appealing.

Not being a knowledge of the whole truth it should be humble, tolerant, and eager to expand.

I breathed freely, and my form seemed to expand itself with buoyant life.

And the CENTCOM commander said that ISIS figures could expand dramatically based on the nature of its actions.

The center for Justice and Accountability in San Francisco, and other human rights organizations went to work to expand the law.

It also provides a critical opportunity to expand the ranks of the middle class.

Surely it is much better to let their natural affections have time to expand.