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expansionnoun something added (as by growth)the museum's new wing is only the first in a series of expansions planned for the next decade accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, gain, increase, increment, more, plus, proliferation, raise, rise, step-up, supplement, uptick accumulation, assemblage, collection, gatheringcomplementaccession, appendix, continuation, extension, uptrend, upturnjump, run-up, spike abatement, decline, decrease, decrement, depletion, diminishment, diminution, drop-off, fall, falloff, lessening, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage, step-down deduction, subtraction the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advancedthe expansion of remedial reading classes into a district-wide program using school volunteers for a variety of needs development, elaboration, evolution, growth, progress, progression advancement, betterment, improvement, perfection, refinementincubation, maturation, maturing, ripeningblossoming, flourishing, floweringaddition, augmentation, enhancement, supplementationemergence, evolvement, metamorphosis regress, regression, retrogression, reversion backslide, lapse, relapsedecadence, decay, decaying, declension, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, descent, deterioration, devaluation, downfall, downgrade, ebbing, falling, weakening a wide space or areawe gazed in awe at the star-strewn expansion of nighttime sky above us breadth, distance, expanse, extent, field, length, plain, reach, sheet, spread, stretch, waste domain, sphere, territorycompass, range, scope, sweepgamut, scale, spectrumdepth, emptiness, voidextension, latitude, spanamplitude, immensity, magnitude in 1611 |