dilate

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
2. (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
3. (ambitransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
4. (ambitransitive) To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina).

Adj

Carried in different ways, spread, abroad, dispersed, published.

Concepten

uitzetten

verwijden

uitbreiden

opensperren

zich verwijden

dilateren

dilatatie

Tegenovergesteld aan

contract

Synoniemen

expand

enlarge

widen

extend

swell

amplify

spread

distend

expatiate

broaden

inflate

expound

elaborate

augment

exposit

lucubrate

flesh out

increase

open wide

renew

separate

splay

stretch out

thicken

expatiation

make wider

advertise

explain in detail

amplification

blow up

branch

broadcast

circulate

dilatation

dilation

discourse

disseminate

elastic

enlargement

lengthen

magnify

prolong

promulgate

propagate

puff out

ream

Vertalingen

dilatar

dilater

dilatare

ampliare

διαστέλλω

dilatar

erweitern

dilatar

dilatieren

se dilater

sich weiten

weiten

ausdehnen

développer

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/daɪˈleɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: dilaten

In summary

First attested in 1393, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dilaten, from Old French dilater, from Latin dīlātō (“to spread out”), from dī- + lātus (“wide”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of dilatate.