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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "expand"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to become something greater in quantity, importance, or size
Intransitive
to expand definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the economy improved, opportunities for employment expanded, offering hope to those seeking jobs.
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϖ⧁āρāϜāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻļāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to increase the size, number, importance, or value of something
Transitive: to expand sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He consistently expands his knowledge by attending workshops and seminars.
āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻļāĻĒ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ—āϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to spread out or stretch in various directions
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the dough rose, it expanded in the warm oven.
āĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻĻāĻž āωāĻ āĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āϚ⧁āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide additional details, elaborations, or explanations to an account or idea
Transitive: to expand on an account or idea
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In her essay, she expanded on the historical context of the events.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϘāϟāύāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

expandable
expanded
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