Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspand, ɛk-/
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become or make larger or more extensive: [no object]: their business expanded into other hotels [with object]: the work began as a short story and was later expanded into a novel
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[no object] Physics (of the universe) undergo a continuous change whereby, according to theory based on observed red shifts, all the galaxies recede from one another.
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[no object] (expand on) give a fuller version or account of: the minister expanded on the government’s proposals
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[no object] become less reserved in character or behaviour: Alice opened and expanded in this normality
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Pronunciation: /-ˈbɪlɪti/
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