EXPANSION


Meaning of EXPANSION in English

n. 25B6; noun

expansion and contraction : ENLARGEMENT, increase in size, swelling, dilation; lengthening, elongation, stretching, thickening.

the expansion of the company : GROWTH, increase in size, enlargement, extension, development; spread, proliferation, multiplication.

an expansion of a lecture given last year : ELABORATION, enlargement, amplification, development.

contraction.

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