Shareholders were concerned about the company's swift expansion overseas.
Source: tatoeba (21195)
Expansion
//ɪkˈspænʃən//
Synonyms for "expansion" (239 found)
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Closest matches (48)
Strong matches (72)
commentcontinuumcooling offcoveragecrescendocrisisdeploymentdepressiondepthdevelopmentdevelopmental changediameterdiffractiondiffusiondilatationdilationdilutiondimensiondimensionsdispensation
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dispersaldispersiondisseminationdissipationdistancedistensiondistentiondistributiondivergencedownturneconomic cycleeconomic expansioneconomic growthedemaelaborationelevationemptinessempty spaceenhancementenlargementevaporationevolutionevolutionary changeevolvementevolvingexaggeratingexaggerationexcessexorbitanceexpanding economyexpanseexpatiationexplicationexplosionextensionextentextravaganceextremefieldflarefloodflourishingfloweringfragmentationfurtherancegaingalactic spacegauge
Noun(4 words)
Related words (119)
girthgradual changegrandiloquencegreateninggreatnessgrowthgushheightheighteninghigh growth ratehikehikinghucksteringhyperbolehyperbolismincreaseincrementinfinite spaceinflationinordinacy
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interstellar spacejumplargenessleaplengthlowmagnificationmagnitudemarket expansionmassmaturationmeasuremeasurementmountingmultiplicationnatural developmentnatural growthnonviolent changenothingnessouter spaceoveremphasisoverestimationoverkilloverstatementpeakpeakingpepperingprodigalityproductivenessprofusenessprogressprogressionproliferationpropagationproportionproportionsprosperitypublicationpufferypuffing upradiationradiusraiseraisingrangereachrecessionrecoveryripeningrisescalescatteringscattermentscopesensationalismshotgun patternsizeslowdownslumpsnowballingsowingspacespatial extensionspatteringspheresplaysprawlspreadspreadingsprinklingstretchstretchingstrewingsuperficial extensionsuperlativesurfacesurgeswellswellingtall talktoutingtracttravestytumescenceunfoldingupuppingupsurgeupswinguptrendupturnvoidvolatilizationvolumewaxingwideningwidthwingworking-out
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11 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
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2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
85 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَمَدُّد noun (act of expanding)
- تَوَسُّع noun (act of expanding)
Armenian
3 entries- ընդարձակում noun (act of expanding)
- ընդլայնում noun (act of expanding)
- ծավալում noun (act of expanding)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- ekspansiya noun (act of expanding)
- genişlənmə noun (act of expanding)
- intişar noun (act of expanding)
- yayılma noun (act of expanding)
Belarusian
3 entries- пашырэ́нне noun (act of expanding)
- расшырэ́нне noun (act of expanding)
- экспа́нсія noun (act of expanding)
Bulgarian
3 entries- разширение noun (act of expanding)
- разширение noun (fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change)
- разширяване noun (act of expanding)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 展開 /展开 noun (act of expanding)
- 擴大 /扩大 noun (act of expanding)
- 擴張 /扩张 noun (act of expanding)
Czech
2 entries- expanze noun (act of expanding)
- rozšíření noun (act of expanding)
Danish
3 entries- ekspansion noun (act of expanding)
- tilføjelse noun (product to be used with a previous product)
- udvidelse noun (act of expanding)
Dutch
1 entries- expansie noun (act of expanding)
Esperanto
1 entries- ekspansio noun (act of expanding)
Finnish
4 entries- laajennus noun (act of expanding)
- laajennus noun (new addition)
- laajennus noun (product to be used with a previous product)
- laajentuminen noun (act of expanding)
French
1 entries- expansion noun (act of expanding)
German
1 entries- Expansion noun (act of expanding)
Greek
3 entries- διαστολή noun (act of expanding)
- επέκταση noun (act of expanding)
- επέκταση noun (new addition)
Hungarian
2 entries- kiegészítő noun (product to be used with a previous product)
- terjeszkedés noun (act of expanding)
Irish
2 entries- borrúlacht noun (act of expanding)
- leatacht noun (act of expanding)
Italian
1 entries- espansione noun (act of expanding)
Japanese
3 entries- 展開 noun (act of expanding)
- 拡大 noun (act of expanding)
- 拡張 noun (act of expanding)
Korean
2 entries- 팽창 noun (act of expanding)
- 확장 noun (act of expanding)
Latin
1 entries- expānsiō noun (act of expanding)
Macedonian
2 entries- експанзија noun (act of expanding)
- проширување noun (act of expanding)
Malayalam
1 entries- വിപുലീകരണം noun (act of expanding)
Marathi
1 entries- विस्तार noun (act of expanding)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ekspansjon noun (act of expanding)
- utvidelse noun (act of expanding)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ekspansjon noun (act of expanding)
Persian
2 entries- انبساط noun (act of expanding)
- سُپانش noun (act of expanding)
Polish
1 entries- ekspansja noun (act of expanding)
Portuguese
1 entries- expansão noun (act of expanding)
Romanian
1 entries- expansiune noun (act of expanding)
Russian
3 entries- пристро́йка noun (new addition)
- расшире́ние noun (act of expanding)
- экспа́нсия noun (act of expanding)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ekspànzija noun (act of expanding)
- експа̀нзија noun (act of expanding)
Slovak
2 entries- expanzia noun (act of expanding)
- rozšírenie noun (act of expanding)
Slovene
2 entries- ekspanzija noun (act of expanding)
- širitev noun (act of expanding)
Spanish
3 entries- dilatación noun (fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change)
- expansión noun (act of expanding)
- expansión noun (fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change)
Swedish
4 entries- expansion noun (act of expanding)
- expansion noun (new addition)
- tillbyggnad noun (new addition)
- tillägg noun (product to be used with a previous product)
Tagalog
2 entries- buklad noun (fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change)
- pagbuklad noun (act of expanding)
Thai
1 entries- การขยายตัว noun (act of expanding)
Ukrainian
3 entries- експа́нсія noun (act of expanding)
- поши́рення noun (act of expanding)
- розши́рення noun (act of expanding)
Urdu
1 entries- تَوَسُّع noun (act of expanding)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
The expansion is aging.
Source: tatoeba (21735)
The Japanese economy recorded more than 60 months of continuous expansion.
Source: tatoeba (281637)
The expansion of the Roman Empire wiped out a considerable number of the original European languages.
Source: tatoeba (645791)
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