expand
🇺🇸
/ɪkˈspænd/
🇬🇧
/ɪkˈspænd/
verb
B1
to grow bigger or make something bigger
The balloon will expand when you blow air into it.
B1
to make a business bigger by opening new places or making more money
The company wants to expand into new countries next year.
R
to say more about something or give more details
Could you expand on that idea? I want to understand it better.
translation
to grow bigger or make something bigger; to make a business bigger by opening new places or making more money; to say more about something or give more details
Word Forms
3rd Present
expands
Past
expanded
Perfect
expanded
Progressive
expanding