People want more money to expand educational institutions.
Source: tatoeba (19107)
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/ɪkˈspænd/
Synonyms for "expand" (360 found)
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Closest matches (72)
Verb(21 words)
elaborateamplifyenlargeextendaggrandizesamplifiesaugmentsballoonedbillowedblow upboomboomedbroadenbroaden scopebroadenedbroadensbuild a modelbuild factoriesbulkedburgeoned
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capacitate programs
Noun(26 words)
abundance increaseamplifyingaugmentingballoonsbillowsblowingboomsbranch budbranch of engineeringbranch of logicbranch of physicsbranch of sciencebranchesbranchingbread risebroadeningbuildingbulgebulgesbulk matter
Adjective(2 words)
biological scaleburgeoning
Strong matches (108)
Verb(34 words)
Adjective(6 words)
Noun(32 words)
capacitating programcause increasecomponent upgradecount upcrossoverdecompressingdeveloped civilizationdeveloped culturesdeveloping projectdimension changedisease spreaddistendingdistributingdiversifyingelaborate instructionselaborate materialselaboratingenlargingenrichingexpatiating
Related words (180)
Noun(57 words)
gatefoldgrow unicellularlygrowinggussetinggussetsincrease extentincrease maximum work capacityincreased englishincreasinginflatinglargesleapsmore completemore developedmore network modelmulti-plymushroomingmushroomsoutreachesoutsize
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outstretchesoutstretchingprivately developedpuffingpumpingreamingredefiningresizerise in revenuerise of civilizationsrise of multicellularityrisesrises of civilizationrudeness risesatellitingscale termscalingscaling conceptservice expansionsextuplesplatssplayssprawlsspreadingspreadsstretching forcesupersizesupersizingswellestswellingswellsthriving nonagricultural ecosystemupscalevolumizingwaxeswidened accesswidening
gathergeneralizeglobalizego intogreatengrowheightenhikehike uphuffincreaseinflatejack upjump uplaborlengthenmagnifymake a generalizationmanifestmaximize
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mountmultiplymushroomopenopen upoutspreadoutstretchovergrowoverrunparlayparticularizeplusprogressprolongprotractpuffpuff uppumppump uppushput uppyramidraiseramifyrarefyrehearse in extensorelate at largesnowballspell outsplayspraddlespranglesprawlspreadspread like wildfirespread outstretchsubtilizesufflateswellthickenthinthin outtumefyunfolduniversalizeupupsurgevisewaterwater downwaxwidenwork out
Verb(37 words)
grewgrowngrowsincrease abilityincrease capabilityincrease environmental outputincrease outputincreasedincreasesinflateintumescelengthenlengthensliberaliseliberalizeslucubratemanifoldedmaximize productionmushroomedoutspreads
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Adjective(9 words)
Determiner(3 words)
more supportmore tort claim limitmore waste management system
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More general
15 entriesMore specific
10 entriesCollocations
5 entriesexpand capacityexpand curriculumexpand knowledgeexpand programexpand vocabulary
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- فَصَّلَ verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
Bulgarian
2 entries- излагам подробно verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- разяснявам се verb ((intransitive) to speak or write at length or in detail)
Dutch
3 entries- elaboreren verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- uitweiden verb ((intransitive) to speak or write at length or in detail)
- uitwerken verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
Finnish
4 entries- selventää verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- tarkentaa verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- tarkentaa verb ((intransitive) to speak or write at length or in detail)
- täsmentää verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
French
1 entries- élaborer verb ((intransitive) to speak or write at length or in detail)
Hebrew
1 entries- פירט verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
Hungarian
4 entries- beszédesebbé válik verb ((intransitive) to speak or write at length or in detail)
- bővebben elmond verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- kifejt verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- megnyílik verb ((intransitive) to speak or write at length or in detail)
Italian
3 entries- dettagliare verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- dilungare verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- dilungarsi verb ((intransitive) to speak or write at length or in detail)
Japanese
4 entries- 展開する verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- 広げる verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- 拡大する verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- 敷衍する verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
Korean
1 entries- 펴다 verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
Norwegian
3 entries- greie ut verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- utdype verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- utdype verb ((intransitive) to speak or write at length or in detail)
Russian
2 entries- излага́ть де́ло в подро́бностях verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- раскрыва́ть суть де́ла verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
Spanish
3 entries- expandir verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- explayar verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- profundizar verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
Swedish
2 entries- utveckla verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
- utveckla sig verb ((intransitive) to speak or write at length or in detail)
Tagalog
2 entries- lumawak verb ((intransitive) to speak or write at length or in detail)
- palawakin verb ((transitive) to express at length or in detail)
Ukrainian
1 entries- розповіда́ти в дета́лях verb ((intransitive) to speak or write at length or in detail)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
The blossoms expand under the influence of the weather.
Source: tatoeba (23744)
Maybe I ought to expand the memory.
Source: tatoeba (31781)
There is a scheme to expand the company.
Source: tatoeba (49138)
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