expand

Betekenis (Engels)

  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.

Synoniemen

grow larger

make wider

enhance

become wider

get bigger

make bigger

open out

decribe

come into existence

divide into

become visible

enlarge upon

get cross

increase in volume

sow in

speak about

increase in size

get big

become inflated

get sulky

be inflated

physiosis

become larger

be dilated

put forth branches

discourse upon

relex

part asunder

expansive power

become large

add to

burst open

disclose

menstruate

Frequentie

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɛkˈspænd/
Etymologie (Engels)

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.

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