Synonym: broaden, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, magnify, spread, swell, unfold. Antonym: contract, shrink. Similar words: expansion, taxpayer, pan, pant, company, panic, panel, accompany. Meaning: [ɪk'spænd] v. 1. extend in one or more directions 2. become larger in size or volume or quantity 3. make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity 4. grow stronger 5. exaggerate or make bigger 6. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing 7. expand the influence of.
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121) Gradually, the number of individual objectors prepared to enter the fray began to expand outside the initial handful.
122) When the neighbouring Skerne Ironworks closed in 1879, Wilson's decided to expand into the empty bridge girder manufacturing market.
123) Now, as Brown moves to expand that empire, he says he is feeling persecuted himself.
124) The remaining seven chapters, many of which have been introduced in the second edition, considerably expand the scope of coverage.
125) And even while operating under that constraint, Clinton proposed to expand Medicaid coverage to some 5 million uninsured children.
126) A bladder which is frequently emptied does not expand to its full capacity and needs gentle stretching to bring this about.
127) Another possible use of video in a training programme is to trigger new ideas and expand trainees' horizons.
128) These initiatives are intended to strengthen the infrastructure for research, expand knowledge in computer technology, and further international scientific cooperation.
129) They could not expand enough to accommodate all who chose them.
130) It was a miraculous feeling - as though his soul had been crammed over-large inside his chest and was struggling to expand.
131) Rapid market growth and sector under-capacity encouraged Pilkingtons to expand and attracted new entrants to the marketplace without adverse effects on profits.
132) This resistance can only be overcome as you gently persuade and cajole subordinates to expand their horizons.
133) Computerisation allows doctors to expand their largely reactive role of sitting in the surgery waiting for ill patients to come to them.
134) The money saved can be spent on capital improvements or perhaps to expand the catering operation, said Allen.
135) It is now necessary to expand the accounting equation to include the last two categories of data, revenues and expenses.
136) Threats in the external environment also provide a compelling reason to expand beyond the home market.
137) During magnetic storms the intense electrical currents that f ow in the upper atmosphere heat the air, causing it to expand.
138) Many of these companies may also benefit from economies of scale as they expand into such activities.
139) The business continued to expand, and a high sport occurred when the King himself opened an account in 1800.
140) Many of our students are absolute beginners who are looking to expand their artistic interests.
141) One of the biggest obstacles, the respondents noted, is securing the capital and credit needed to open and expand.
142) In 1994 the chamber decided to use the same basic infrastructure to expand into other industries.
143) Our eventual aim is to bring him onto thatching and so continue to expand.
144) Therefore, will he use all the influence of his Department to expand the shrinking manufacturing base of Britain?
145) Expand the use of Sentinel Surveillance Networks to complement other surveillance methods for detecting and monitoring emerging infections.
146) Even to suggest that efforts he made to expand the labor force by increasing the domestic birth rate would seem slightly artful.
147) But how long can the coffee retail business continue to expand?
148) Instead they will expand currency swap facilities to bolster economies experiencing payment difficulties.
149) The changing patterns of marriage and companionate relationships will also expand the range of principal carers.
150) Later,[http://Sentencedict.com] it will expand to include a radio talk show where players can talk about computer games.
More similar words: expansion, taxpayer, pan, pant, company, panic, panel, accompany, Hispanic, Spanish, companion, expert, participant, keep an eye on, expect, export, expose, explain, expense, explode, exploit, explore, keep company with, expertise, exposure, explicit, expected, experiment, explosion, experience.