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expand: expand ex‧pand [ɪkˈspænd] verb [intransitive, transitive]

1. to become larger in size, amount, or number, or to make something larger in size, amount, or number:

• If banks increase their lending, the money supply will expand.

• The money will be invested on upgrading sorting offices and expanding the Post Office vehicle fleet.

2. COMMERCE if an economy, industry, or business activity expands, it gets bigger or more successful:

• The business was growing very rapidly and expanding abroad.

• Many firms borrowed heavily to expand their businesses.

• The Chancellor is predicting that the economy will expand at 3% a year.

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• Western car makers are hoping to expand into Eastern Europe.

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expand UK US /ɪkˈspænd/ verb [I or T] ECONOMICS, COMMERCE

► to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way: expand into sth »These companies need to expand into new markets because they have reached market saturation at home.
»expand rapidly/greatly/significantly
expand the range/scope/capacity »Supermarkets continue to expand the range of products and services offered in their outlets.
»expand a business/company/programme
»Production capacity could expand by up to 30%, thus bringing down prices.

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Synonyms:

Spread, open, unfold, evolve, lay open, spread out, Open, be unfolded, be spread out / Dilate, distend, swell, fill out, blow up, Dilate, enlarge, be distended, increase in bulk / Extend, stretch, enlarge, increase, diffuse

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Expand — Ex*pand , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expanding}.] [L. expandere, expansum; ex out + pandere to spread out, to throw open; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf. {Spawn}.] 1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Expand — Ex*pand , v. i. To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
expand — (v) early 15c., spread out, spread flat, from Anglo Fr. espaundre, M.Fr. espandre and directly from L. expandere to spread out, unfold, expand, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + pandere to spread, stretch (see PACE (Cf. pace) (n.)). Sense of … Etymology dictionary
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expand — [ek spand′, ikspand′] vt. [ME expanden < L expandere < ex , out + pandere, to spread, extend; akin to patere: see FATHOM] 1. to spread out; open out; stretch out; unfold [the eagle expanded its wings] 2. to make greater in size, bulk, scope … English World dictionary
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