Definitions for expanded

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expanded ex·pand·ed

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IPA: /ɪkˈspæn dɪd/

Expanded is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in expanded (addeenpx).

Definitions for expanded

adjective

1. increased in area, bulk, or volume; enlarged:
2. spread out; extended:
3. Also, extended. Printing. (of type) wider in proportion to its height. Compare condensed (def 4).

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 expanded

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at expand, -ed²

Examples for expanded

This approach should not be condemned; it should be expanded upon.

Observing that this statement provoked no ridicule, he expanded.

The plant at the extreme right has expanded and begun to deliquesce.

They embraced the notion of a growing America, whose economy could be expanded for the benefit of the majority.

As our population has expanded, the Union has been cemented and strengthened.

The sequels will contain anything from the expanded Universe.

Paperback publishers distributed their titles in African-American neighborhoods because it expanded their market base.

There is an expanded place-name index with more than 150,000 entries, and separate undersea, Moon, and Mars features.

The pileus is fleshy, convex, then expanded, and at length depressed.

He burgeoned, expanded, flung back his head in the old, imperial way.