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verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
extend in one or more directions
The dough expands
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- shrink antonym
- expansile derivation
- expansive derivation
- expandable derivation
Sense 2 verb
become larger in size or volume or quantity
his business expanded rapidly
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- expansile derivation
- expansive derivation
- expandable derivation
Sense 3 verb
make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
expand the house by adding another wing
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- expansive derivation
- expandable derivation
Sense 4 verb
grow vigorously
The deer population in this town is thriving
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- boom derivation
- expandable derivation
Sense 5 verb
exaggerate or make bigger
The charges were inflated
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- expansive derivation
Sense 6 verb
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Types & categories
- clear up hypernym
- detail hyponym
- exposit hyponym
- instance hyponym
- particularize hyponym
Related & opposite
- abridge antonym
- expanding upon derivation
- elaboration derivation
- lucubration derivation
- exposition derivation
- exposition derivation
- dilation derivation
- expatiation derivation
- elaboration derivation
- exponent derivation
- expository derivation
Sense 7 verb
expand the influence of
The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- expansive derivation
- expandable derivation
- extend verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | shrink |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expansile |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expansive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expandable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dispread |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bush out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | expansile |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | expansive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | expandable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | balloon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | swell up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | expansive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | expandable |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | enlarge |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | develop |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | inflate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | boom |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | expandable |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | revive |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | luxuriate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | expansive |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | puff up |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | abridge |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | expanding upon |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaboration |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | lucubration |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | exposition |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | exposition |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dilation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | expatiation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | elaboration |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | exponent |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | expository |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | clear up |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | detail |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | exposit |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | instance |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | particularize |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | expansive |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | expandable |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | extend |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |