expand

Signification (Anglais)

1. To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
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 become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
6. To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value
7. To change or grow from smaller to larger in form, number, or size.
8. To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.
9. To speak or write at length or in detail.
10. To feel generous or optimistic.

Concepts

étendre

élargir

développer

augmenter

agrandir

accroître

s’étendre

se dilater

dilater

enfler

gonfler

étirer

grandir

distendre

se développer

grossir

se gonfler

aggrandir

déplier

dérouler

étaler

ballonner

bouder

lever

se distendre

être enflé

déployer

répandre

s’accroître

s’augmenter

fermenter

bôme

fleurir

prospérer

adresser

disserter

élaborer

expanser

dudgeonner

amplifier

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɛkˈspænd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Recorded in Middle English since 1422 (as expanden, expaunden), from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Latin expandere present active infinitive of expandō (“to spread out”), itself from ex- (“out, outwards”) + pandō (“to spread”). Doublet of spawn.