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expandverb to express more fully and in greater detailan article on the First Ladies that the author later expanded into a book amplify, develop, dilate (on or upon), elaborate (on), enlarge (on or upon), flesh (out) add (to), complement, supplementdiscourse, expatiate, ramble, run on abbreviate, abridge, condense, shorten compress, contractoutline, summarize, sum up to make greater in size, amount, or numberwe had to expand the list of wedding guests several times in order to accommodate all the relatives Mother wouldn't dream of excluding accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, extend, hype, increase, multiply, pump up, raise, stoke, supersize, swell, up boom, jump, skyrocket, spikebump (up), ratchet (up)also rachet (up)blow up, dilate, distend, inflatedraw out, elongate, flesh (out), lengthen, prolong, protract, stretchdevelop, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnifycomplement, supplementbeef (up), reinforce(also reenforce), strengthenmaximizeaccumulate, amass, collectfollow up, parlay abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, minify, reduce, subtract (from) abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shortencompress, condense, constrict, contractcut back, retrench to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider areaa spare leaf for those times when we have to expand the dining table to accommodate extra guests extend, fan (out), flare (out), open, outspread, outstretch, spread (out), stretch (out), unfold, unfurl overspread close, contract, fold compact, compress, condense, reduce to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or numberwater expands when it becomes frozen accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon(also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, gain, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax jump, rocket, skyrocket, surgeheighten, intensify, redoubleblow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up)crescendo, crest, peak contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane expand, amplify, swell, distend, inflate, dilate mean to increase in size or volume.expand may apply regardless of the manner of increase (such as growth, unfolding, addition of parts).a business that expands every year amplify implies the extension or enlargement of something inadequate.amplify the statement with details swell implies gradual expansion beyond a thing's original or normal limits.the bureaucracy swelled to unmanageable proportions distend implies outward extension caused by pressure from within.a distended abdomen inflate implies expanding by introduction of air or something insubstantial and suggests a vulnerability to sudden collapse.an inflated ego dilate applies especially to expansion of circumference.dilated pupils in the 15th century |