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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ik-span-did
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspæn dɪd



Definition of expanded

Origin :
  • early 15c., "spread out, spread flat," from Anglo-French espaundre, Middle French espandre and directly from Latin expandere "to spread out, unfold, expand," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + pandere "to spread, stretch" (see pace (n.)). Sense of "grow larger" first recorded 1640s. Related: Expanded; expanding.
  • verb extend, augment
  • verb go into detail
Example sentences :
  • As our population has expanded, the Union has been cemented and strengthened.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The pileus is fleshy, convex, then expanded, and at length depressed.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The plant at the extreme right has expanded and begun to deliquesce.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • Observing that this statement provoked no ridicule, he expanded.
  • Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
  • He burgeoned, expanded, flung back his head in the old, imperial way.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Dunwoodie's smile, a smile quasi-ogrish, semi-paternal, expanded.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • The forest clearing has expanded into affluent commonwealths.
  • Extract from : « The Frontier in American History » by Frederick Jackson Turner
  • All the scenery now expanded before us in width and height and depth.
  • Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
  • She tucked her feet under her and expanded in the warmth like a fireside kitten.
  • Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
  • Scutellar angle: of elytra is next to the scutel when wing is expanded.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith

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