Expand

Verb

 * 1)  To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one.
 * 2)  To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
 * 3)  To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
 * 4)   To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet  equivalent sum of terms.
 * 5)  To (be) change(d) from a smaller form/size to a larger one.
 * 6)  To (be) increase(d) in extent, number, volume or scope.
 * 7)  To speak or write at length or in detail.
 * 8)  To feel generous or optimistic.
 * 9)  To be rewritten as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
 * ''The expression $${(x+1)}^4$$ expands to $$x^4 + 4x^3 + 6x^2 + 4x + 1$$.

Adverbs for Expand
progressively; rapidly; limitlessly; sufficiently; continually; sanely; monstrously; ingeniously; lustily; adroitly; tremendously; marvelously; subsequently; intellectually; ephemerally; explosively; economically; industrially; muscularly; noisily; inevitably; imperially; poisonously; chaotically.

Synonyms for Expand

 * open out, spread, spread out, unfold
 * enlarge
 * elaborate (on), expand on
 * amplify, extend, augment, magnify, widen, stretch, increase, dilate, develop

Antonyms for Expand

 * contract
 * contract
 * factor
 * shrink, condense, abbreviate

Derived terms
expandable, expander

Thesaurus
expanse, expansible, expansile, expansive, expansion, expansionism, add to, adulterate, aggrandize, amplify, attenuate, augment, balloon, beef up, bloat, blow up, bolster, boost, branch, branch out, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, complete, crescendo, cut, deal in generalities, deepen, deploy, descant, detail, develop, dilate, dilute, discourse, disperse, distend, ecumenicize, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, enlarge upon, enter into detail, etherealize, evolve, exalt, expatiate, explicate, extend, fan, fan out, fatten, fill out, flare, generalize, globalize, go into, greaten, grow, heighten, hike, hike up, huff, increase, inflate, jack up, jump up, labor, lengthen, magnify, make a generalization, maximize, mount, multiply, mushroom, open, open up, outspread, outstretch, overgrow, overrun, parlay, particularize, prolong, protract, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, put up, pyramid, raise, ramify, rarefy, rehearse in extenso, relate at large, snowball, spell out, splay, spraddle, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out, stretch, subtilize, sufflate, swell, thicken, thin, thin out, tumefy, unfold, universalize, up, upsurge, vise, water, water down, wax, widen, work out

Etymology
Recorded in since 1422, from  espaundre:, from  expandere: present active infinitive of expando:, itself from ex-: + pando:.

Translations

 * Dutch: vergroten, uitbreiden, openzetten, opentrekken
 * Finnish: laajentaa, levittää (to spread)
 * French:
 * Korean: 펴다 (pyeoda), 피다 (pida)


 * Norwegian: utvide, ekspandere
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: utbreda, ,


 * Dutch:, ,
 * Korean: 펴다 (pyeoda), 피다 (pida)
 * Norwegian: utvide, ekspandere


 * Russian: увеличивать в объёме, в размерах (uvilichivat' v obiome, v razmerh)
 * Swedish: expandera,, utvidga


 * Dutch: elaborerer, uitwerken
 * Korean: 펴다 (pyeoda)
 * Norwegian: utdype, greie ut (om)


 * Russian: излагать дело в подробностях (izlagat' delo v podrobnostyah), раскрывать суть дела (raskryvat' sut' dela)
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: uitwerken, ontbinden in factoren, factoriseren
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew: פיתח


 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: uitdijen,, uitplooien
 * Finnish:
 * Korean: 펴이다 (pyeoida), 피다 (pida)
 * Norwegian:, bli større


 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: utbreda sig, utbreda, sig, utveckla,,  sig,


 * Dutch: uitdijen, zich uitbreiden, toenemen
 * Finnish:
 * Korean: 펴이다 (pyeoida), 피다 (pida)


 * Norwegian:, ekspandere
 * Russian: увеличиваться в объёме, в размерах (uvilichivatsa v obiome, v razmerh)
 * Swedish: expandera, vidga, utvidga


 * Dutch: uitweiden (over)
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Norwegian: utdype
 * Swedish: sig


 * Russian:, ,


 * Dutch: uitbonden worden
 * Finnish:


 * Norwegian: faktorisere
 * Swedish:


 * : élaborer, (s')éteindre