expand

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɛkˈspænd/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.