TO EXPAND

Definition: EXPAND

EXPAND

Verb

1. Extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands".

2. Become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"; "The bag will expand when pressure is lowered".

3. Make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing".

4. Grow stronger; "The economy was booming".

5. Exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated".

6. Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation".

7. Expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Computing

Post & Telecom

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Crosswords: TO EXPAND

Would you care to expand on that statement? (Affair to Remember, An; writing credit: Leo McCarey; Mildred Cram)

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Books

• Legislative hearing on draft legislation to expand VA/DOD sharing authority; refine VA nurse locality pay; authorize third party reimbursements for CHAMPVA beneficiaries; exempt state home residents' work-therapy earnings as income for purposes of VA bene (reference)

• Polluted Science: The Epa's Campaign to Expand Clean Air Regulations (reference)

• How to Expand & Upgrade PCs (2nd Edition) (reference)

• Story Stretchers: Activities to Expand Children's Favorite Books (reference)

• How to Expand Your S.I.Q. (Social Intelligence Quotient) (reference)

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This image shows the Spartina alterniflora plants in the center of the island. This planting is intended to stabilize the marsh platform and is expected to help the marsh continue to expand. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The Agricultural Research Service is committed to improving human nutritional status through research. Primary goals are to expand knowledge of the nutrients found in foods, their functions and interactions, and their biological availability, and to precisely define the nutrient needs of people of all ages. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..

Steel mill equipment. Tanks! Ships! Guns! They all take steel and more steel. These highly skilled machinists are doing their part to expand and maintain America's steel production capacity. Heavy castings that will form the backbone of steel mill equipme. Credit: Library of Congress.

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The heart, thrown back upon itself, makes for itself a channel, being unable to expand.

The trees have ample room to expand on the water side, and each sends forth its most vigorous branch in that direction.

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Health

The syrinx then starts to expand. (references)

Stents are small devices inserted through the urethra to the narrowed area and allowed to expand, like a spring. (references)

There is sufficient evidence of acupuncture's value to expand its use into conventional medicine and to encourage further studies of its physiology and clinical value. (references)

Business

The franchise sector as a whole continues to expand. (references)

China has a mixed economy that continues to expand rapidly. (references)

It is also planning to expand the cargo terminal at Mumbai. (references)

Children

Israel and the occupied territories

The Attorney General's office agreed that the policy constituted impermissible discrimination but asked for 5 years to expand the program to Israeli Arab students. (references)

Lesotho

Expansion of the program to the second grade occurred during the year, and the program is scheduled to expand to grade 3 in 2002. There is no pattern of societal abuse against children. (references)

Civil Liberties

South Africa

The number of Internet users continued to expand quickly. (references)

Economic History

Korea

Korea's infrastructure continues to expand. (references)

Turkey

Turkey is continuing to expand usage of natural gas. (references)

Ecuador

In turn, this has hampered efforts to expand supply. (references)

Human Rights

Sweden

In 2000 the Minister of Justice presented a proposal to expand the use of police listening devices and other electronic surveillance. (references)

Colombia

The FARC staged many attacks against municipalities outside of the despeje, possibly in an effort to expand its area of control beyond the demilitarized zone. (references)

Philippines

To curtail police and military abuses, the Government, working with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other international organizations, continued to expand human rights training programs during the year. (references)

Indigenous People

Mexico

In the 1996 San Andres accords, the Administration of then-President Zedillo agreed with the EZLN on the need to expand indigenous rights. (references)

Minorities

Israel and the occupied territories

In 1994 a civil service commission began a 3-year affirmative action program to expand that number, but it has achieved only modest results. (references)

Political Economy

Mongolia

The economy continued to expand and strengthen, and inflation stayed below 12 percent. (references)

Political Rights

Syria

There were reports in 2000 that the Government was considering legislation to expand the NPF to include new parties and several parties previously banned; however, there were no developments during the year. (references)

Trade

Sri Lanka

The objective of the organization is to expand into a free trade area. (references)

Maldives

The IFC committed its first loan to the Maldives in 1996 to expand a resort. (references)

Travel

Guinea

Malaysian investors are determined to expand and improve the services of the local phone company. (references)

Hong Kong

It should be noted however, that as companies from China continue to expand their business activities in Hong Kong, more business is being conducted in Mandarin. (references)

Women

Mozambique

The organization continued to expand during the year. (references)

Worker Rights

Brazil

Legislation passed in December 2000 aims to expand apprenticeship programs by allowing a broader range of institutions to provide such programs. (references)

Brazil

The Institute has helped to reduce significantly instances of child labor in footwear production in the state, and it plans to expand to other regions and industries. (references)

Romania

In April the Government assigned a senior police general to coordinate the antitrafficking unit, significantly increased personnel assigned to the unit, and began to expand interagency and local resources assigned to human trafficking. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Chinese 

膨脹 (to inflate, to swell), 發展 (development, growth, to develop, to grow), �"�充 , �"�大 (to enlarge), 壯大 (to strengthen), 增 (to add, to increase). (various references)

Danish

udbrede skærmbilledet, udbore (to chuck, to drift), ekspandere, bore ud (to chuck, to drift). (various references)

Dutch

wijder maken (to chuck, to drift), ruimen (arrange, empty, put in order, tidy), expanderen. (various references)

Finnish

laajentaa (enlarge, expand, extend, widen). (various references)

French

mandriner (to chuck, to drift), dilater la base de temps, développer (to develop). (various references)

German

erweitern (amplify, broaden, develop, dilate, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, let out, open out, ream, to amplify, to broaden, to dilate, to enhance, to enlarge, to extend, to interpolate, to ream, upgrade, widen). (various references)

Greek 

διεύρυνση οπής (to chuck, to drift). (various references)

Hungarian

terjeszkedik (spread, to spread). (various references)

Italian

operare con il mandrino (to chuck, to drift), mandrinare (to chuck, to drift), dilatare (dilate, expand, swell, widen), allargare (amplify, become wide, broaden, enlarge, extend, grow, let out, splay, spread, widen). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

膨れる (to be inflated, to bulge, to distend, to get cross, to get sulky, to swell), 膨らむ (to become inflated, to get big, to swell). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おしひろ�'る (to extend, to spread out), ひろ�'る (to broaden, to enlarge, to extend, to open, to spread, to unfold, to unroll, to widen), ふくれる (to be inflated, to bulge, to distend, to get cross, to get sulky, to swell), ふくらます (to bulge, to inflate, to swell), ふくらむ (to become inflated, to get big, to swell). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay expanday

Portuguese

mandrilar (chuck, ream), expandir (dilate, distend, enlarge, evolve, expand, get about), dilatar (dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, get about, plump, protract, swell). (various references)

Spanish

mandrinar (to chuck, to drift), expandir (expand, spread out), dilatar la base de tiempo. (various references)

Swedish

expandera (expand). (various references)

�u . . . mu, �u . . . pe�. (various references)

expendere. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: notepad.

-2 letters: atoned, donate, dopant, expand, panted, pedant, pentad, teopan.

-3 letters: adept, adopt, anode, anted, atone, axone, depot, detox, expat, netop, noted, oaten, opted, paeon, paned, panto, pated, paten, poxed, taped, taxed, taxon, toned, toped.

-4 letters: aeon, ante, aped, apex, apod, atop, axed, axon, date, dato, dean, dent, doat, dona, done, dopa, dope, dote.

+3 letters: epoxidation.

+4 letters: epoxidations.

+5 letters: expeditionary.