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1. To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal beef up. See increase/decrease.
2. To make or become more comprehensive or inclusive: broaden, extend, widen. See increase/decrease.
3. To express at greater length or in greater detail: amplify, develop, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expatiate, labor. See explain/baffle.
4. To move or arrange so as to cover a larger area: extend, fan¹ (out), open (out or up), outstretch, spread, stretch, unfold, unroll. See move/halt.

v

Definition: extend, augment
Antonyms: condense, contract, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink

v

Definition: go into detail
Antonyms: abbreviate, abridge, shorten

IN BRIEF: To increase in size. Also: to develop more fully or to work out in greater detail.

Without order, nothing can grow or expand. — Unknown.

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sign description: Both closed hands begin together and open up as they move outward in front of the body.

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Something that enlarges or prolongs; extender.

• plasma volume e. — a substance that can be transfused to maintain fluid volume of the blood in event of great necessity, supplemental to the use of whole blood and plasma. Called also artificial plasma extender and plasma volume extender.

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• Printing and Typefaces - expanded: (adj) designating type that is wider in proportion to its height, having a flattened, oblong appearance

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See words rhyming with "expander."

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udvide, få til at vokse, gå nærmere ind på, udfolde, sprede
v. intr. - udvide, sig, vokse, ekspandere, åbne sig, tø op, udfolde sig, udbredes

idioms:

• expand on    behandle mere udførligt
• expand upon    behandle mere udførligt
• expanded memory    udvidet hukommelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitzetten, opbloeien, ontplooien, expanderen, uitbreiden, volledig opschrijven, toenemen, tot serie uitbreiden (wiskundig)

Français (French)
v. tr. - dilater (un gaz, un métal), développer (des idées), accroître (la production), élargir (des horizons), étendre (l'influence, etc), (Math) développer (une formule)
v. intr. - se dilater, se développer, s'accroître, s'élargir, s'étendre

idioms:

• expand on    s'étendre sur
• expand upon    s'étendre sur
• expanded memory    (Comput) mémoire d'extension

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich ausdehnen, expandieren, ausdehnen, zunehmen

idioms:

• expand on    weiter ausführen
• expand upon    weiter ausführen
• expanded memory    (Comp) EMS standardisierte Speichererweiterung für PC

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επεκτείνω/-ομαι, διευρύνω/-ομαι, διαστέλλω/-ομαι, ευρύνω/-ομαι, απλώνω/-ομαι, αναπτύσσω/-ομαι, μεγεθύνομαι, μεγαλώνω, φουσκώνω, γίνομαι διαχυτικός

idioms:

• expand on    αναπτύσσω διεξοδικά
• expand upon    αναπτύσσω διεξοδικά
• expanded memory    (Η/Υ) εκτεταμένη μνήμη

Italiano (Italian)
dilatarsi, spiegarsi, espandersi, estendere

idioms:

• expand on/upon    dilungarsi su

Português (Portuguese)
v. - expandir, detalhar

idioms:

• expand on/upon    detalhar sobre

Русский (Russian)
расширять, увеличивать, развивать, распространяться

idioms:

• expand on/upon    подробно излагать, толковать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - crecer, agrandar, ampliar, extender, desarrollar
v. intr. - expandirse, dilatarse, hincharse

idioms:

• expand on    extenderse sobre, explayarse, tratar detalladamente
• expand upon    extenderse sobre, explayarse, tratar detalladamente
• expanded memory    memoria expandida

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utvidgas, expandera, utvecklas

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使膨胀, 扩张, 详述, 张开, 发展

idioms:

• expand on    详述
• expand upon    阐述, 详谈
• expanded memory    延展内存

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使膨脹, 擴張, 詳述
v. intr. - 張開, 發展

idioms:

• expand on    詳述
• expand upon    闡述, 詳談
• expanded memory    延展記憶體

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 펼치다, 팽창시키다
v. intr. - 팽창하다, 발전하다, 상냥해지다

idioms:

• expand on    자세히 말하다
• expand upon    상세하게 설명하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 広がる, 広げる, 膨張する, 膨張させる, 拡大する, 打ち解ける, さらに詳しく述べる, 敷衍する, 展開する

idioms:

• expand on/upon    詳説する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتسع, يتمدد, يوسع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮התפשט, הרחיב את הדיבור, נפתח כלפי אחרים, השתפך, שיטח, התרחב‬
v. intr. - ‮התפשט, שיטח, הרחיב‬

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