- expanding - increasing in area or volume or bulk or range; "an expanding universe"; "an expanding economy"
Antonym: decreasing (indirect, via increasing)
- expand, spread out - extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"
--1 is one way to grow
Antonyms: shrink, contract
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- expand - become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"
--2 is one way to grow
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- expand - make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"
--3 is one way to enlarge
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, flourish, expand - grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
--4 is one way to grow
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The business is going to expand
- inflate, blow up, expand, amplify - exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
--5 is one way to increase
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- elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate - add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
--6 is one way to clarify, clear up, elucidate
Antonyms: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun expansion2, noun expansion3
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Somebody ----s PP
- extend, expand - expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
--7 is one way to change, alter, modify
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- expand - make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"