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    The document defines the word "expand" and provides examples of its use. It can mean to become or make something larger or more extensive, such as a business expanding into new areas. In physics, it refers to the observed expansion of the universe over time as galaxies recede from one another. It can also mean to give a fuller or more detailed version of a theory or idea.

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    ex·pand

    /ikˈspand,ekˈspand/
    verb
    gerund or present participle: expanding
    become or make larger or more extensive.
    "their business expanded into other hotels and properties"
    Similar:
    increase in size
    become larger
    enlarge
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    become distended
    dilate
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    puff out/up
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    fill out
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    grow
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    increase in size/scope
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    multiply
    add to
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    branch out
    broaden one's horizons
    extend one's operations
    spread
    proliferate
    mushroom
    Opposite:
    shrink
    contract
    condense
    scale down
    PHYSICS
    (of the universe) undergo a continuous change whereby, according to theory based on
    observed redshifts, all the galaxies recede from one another.
    give a fuller version or account of.
    "Anne expanded on the theory"
    Similar:
    elaborate on
    enlarge on
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    put flesh on the bones of
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    embellish
    embroider
    pad out
    fill out
    Opposite:
    touch on
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