expandex‧pand /ɪkˈspænd/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb 
Water expands as it freezes. Sydney’s population expanded rapidly in the 1960s. exercises that expand the chest muscles his expanding waistline► see thesaurus at increase2[intransitive, transitive] if a company, business etc expands, or if someone expands it, they open new shops, factories etc: The computer industry has expanded greatly over the last decade. The hotel wants to expand its business by adding a swimming pool. the rapidly expanding field of information technologyexpand into We have plans to expand into the U.S. market.3[intransitive] literary to become more confident and start to talk more: After a few whiskies he started to expand a little.expand on/upon something phrasal verb to add more details or information to something that you have already said: Payne later expanded on his initial statement.
WORD ORIGINexpand
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin expandere, from pandere ‘to spread’VERB TABLE
expand
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | expand |
| he, she, it | expands | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | expanded |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have expanded |
| he, she, it | has expanded | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had expanded |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will expand |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have expanded |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am expanding |
| he, she, it | is expanding | |
| you, we, they | are expanding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was expanding |
| you, we, they | were expanding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been expanding |
| he, she, it | has been expanding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been expanding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be expanding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been expanding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Dr. Martin also helped expand housing opportunities for people with AIDs.
- Heat makes the gas in the container expand.
- Medical insurance companies expanded rapidly during the 1980s.
- Metals expand when they are heated.
- Pepsi has aggressive plans to expand overseas.
- She intends to expand the company's operations in the US.
- The agency hopes to expand coverage of new musical talent on its Internet site.
- The business was growing rapidly and beginning to expand abroad.
- The population of Texas expanded rapidly in the '60s.
- The sports and leisure market is expanding more quickly than ever before.
- The universe is constantly expanding.
- The university is planning to expand the number of students to over 20,000.
- They fund programs that expand health benefits to wider segments of the community.
- Trade between developing countries and industrialized countries is beginning to expand.
- Domestication of new animals for their products will probably expand to meet the demands no longer met from wild stock.
- Gradually, the number of individual objectors prepared to enter the fray began to expand outside the initial handful.
- New Historicism's usual response to this is to expand on Montrose's point about the inevitability of critical partiality existing.
- The 1980s saw the romance movement expand and change directions somewhat.
- The containers are made of peat and wood fiber laced with soluble fertilizer and peat pellets that expand when watered.
- The Drugs unit aims to expand pupils' knowledge of drugs so that they appreciate that only some drugs are socially acceptable.
THESAURUSto increase
to become larger in number, amount, or degree: · Sales increased by 25%.· The level of violence has increased.
to increase. Go up is less formal than increase, and is the usual verb to use in everyday English: · The price of coffee has gone up.
to increase. Rise sounds a little formal and is often used when talking about the level of something increasing: · The demand for oil has been rising steadily.· Living standards have risen dramatically.
to increase, especially gradually over a period of time – used about numbers or amounts: · Since 1990, US imports of foreign goods have grown at a rate of 7.7% per year.· The number of people working from home has grown substantially.
to increase to a high level – used about things that you do not want to increase such as costs, crimes, or violence: · Fuel prices are escalating.· The fighting has escalated.
to become twice as much or three times as much: · Since 1950, the number of people dying from cancer has almost doubled.· The company’s profits tripled last quarter.
to become larger in size, or to include a wider range of activities: · The business has expanded at a rate of 15% per year.· We are hoping to expand into mobile phone services.
to increase and reach a very high level – used about numbers and amounts, or about feelings: · The temperature soared to 36.6 degrees Centigrade.· His confidence soared.· The singer’s popularity has soared.
to increase very quickly and suddenly – used about prices, numbers, or temperatures: · Share prices shot up 30% over the last week.
to make something increase to make something larger in number, amount, or degree: · Being overweight increases the risk of having a heart attack.· We need to increase the number of police officers on the streets.
to increase prices, taxes etc. Put something up is less formal than increase, and is the usual verb to use in everyday English: · The landlord has put the rent up again.· They’re always putting up gas prices.
to increase something such as prices or taxes, or levels or standards: · The bank has raised interest rates for the third time this year.· The school aims to raise students’ levels of achievement.
to increase the amount of something so that it is twice or three times as large: · The airline plans to double the number of passengers it carries by 2015.· High blood pressure triples the risk of strokes.
to increase sales, profits, production etc, especially when they have been lower than you want them to be: · Growing affluence has boosted sales.· Oil exports boosted the economy.
to increase something so that it contains a wider range of things, or to increase the size of a business: · The company plans to expand its retail operations.· Supermarkets have expanded their ranges to include non-food items.
to increase something such as your power or influence, or the number of things you are involved in: · We are hoping to extend the range of services that we offer.· The company plans to extend its dominance of the world car market.
to increase your efforts or activities, especially to change a situation: · Security has been stepped up following the bombing.· Local people have stepped up their campaign to prevent a prison being built in their neighbourhood.
to increase a feeling or effect: · The attack has heightened concerns about racism in schools.· Hunger can heighten the effect that alcohol has on you.
to increase something as much as possible: · Businesses try to maximize efficiency and cut costs.· To maximize the chances of a successful pregnancy, you should make sure that you eat well.
Longman Language Activatorto become bigger to become bigger: · The hole in the ozone layer is getting bigger all the time.· More workers were taken on as the organization got bigger.· Teachers are reporting higher stress levels as class sizes get bigger.get bigger and bigger (=continue to become bigger): · The cloud of dust and debris was getting bigger and bigger as the wind grew stronger.
use this especially about amounts, organizations, and places: · Mark's business grew rapidly in the first year.· Tandem's annual profits grew by 24% in one year.· Tokyo has grown a lot over the last ten years.
to become bigger in size or amount. If a business, organization, or system expands , it becomes bigger and more successful: · Metals expand when they are heated.· The universe is constantly expanding.· Medical insurance companies expanded rapidly during the 1980s.· The sports and leisure market is expanding more quickly than ever before.
if a part of your body swells up , it becomes larger than usual, especially because of an illness or injury: · I dropped a brick on my foot, and it swelled up like a balloon.· His face had swollen up because of the operation.
if something such as a piece of clothing stretches , it gets bigger and changes its shape especially because it has been pulled: · Your jeans will stretch a little once you start wearing them.· The elastic stretches so that the shoe can be slipped on and off.· This fabric will stretch if you wash it in hot water.
to make something bigger to make something bigger - use this especially about increasing numbers or amounts, or about increasing the size of a company or organization: · She intends to expand the company's operations in the US.· The university is planning to expand the number of students to over 20,000.
to make a company or economy bigger and increase the amount of business that it does - used especially in business English: · All this is necessary if we are to grow the business.
to pull cloth, plastic, leather, etc so that it gets bigger and changes its shape: · Stretch the canvas so that it covers the whole frame.
to make something bigger, for example a photograph or an image on a computer. Enlarge is more formal than blow up .: · That's a nice photo, why don't you get it enlarged?· If the opening is too small, you can always enlarge it later.· The new photocopier will enlarge documents by up to 100%.blow something up: · You should blow that picture up and frame it.blow up something: · This section of the print has been blown up so that the enemy's tanks can be clearly seen.
to make an image or detail bigger, especially by using a microscope: · This microscope can magnify an object up to forty times.· The image is magnified by a series of lenses within the telescope.
British to make a building bigger by adding more rooms or more space: · The hotel has been recently renovated and extended.· We're thinking of extending the kitchen.
to add details to what you have said to give more information about something by adding details to what you have already said or written: · Can you give me more details about the cost of these courses, please?· The press officer was unable to give any more details about the assassination attempt.
formal to provide more information about something in order to make it easier for someone to understand: · Could you expand on your last comment, please?· When asked to expand on his accusations of injustice, the journalist refused to say any more.· I was unsure whether this was meant as an insult or a compliment, but he didn't choose to enlarge on his remark.
to give someone more details about something than you have already said or written: · I don't have time to go into more detail. Perhaps we could talk about this tomorrow.· I would like you to tell your story to my colleagues, and they may want you to go into greater detail.go into more/greater detail about: · Her talk was interesting, but I wish she'd gone into more detail about the early part of her career.
to give much clearer and more detailed information about something, especially when you have been asked to do this: · I don't understand what your plan is exactly. Could you be a little more specific?be more specific/be more explicit about: · The main political parties need to be much more explicit about their policies for the environment.
formal to provide more details about something that you have said or written, especially in order to make it easier to understand: · What exactly do you mean by "traditional education"? Would you care to elaborate?elaborate on/upon: · I would like now to elaborate upon the points raised in my introduction.elaborate an argument/point etc: · This argument will be elaborated more fully in the next chapter.
use this to add a particular detail or example to what you are already saying, so that people know exactly what you are going to talk about: · In the next chapter I want to explore the question of the cultural boundaries between different subjects. Specifically I will look at what we mean by the terms "art" and "science".
to increase to become larger in number, amount, price, value etc: · Gradually the noise and traffic increased as they approached the city.· Hormone levels increase throughout pregnancy.· The use of mobile phones has increased enormously over the past two years.· Revenue and profits have increased dramatically this year.increase by 10%/$100/2 million etc: · The price of cigarettes has increased by 30% in the last two years.increase to (=to reach a total of $1000 etc): · Wind speeds are expected to increase to 60 mph.· The number of high school students using LSD has increased to its highest level since 1986. increase from £300/1 million etc to £400/1.5 million etc: · Health care costs increased from £1.9 billion in 2000 to £4 billion in 2001. increase in number/value etc: · Major league clubs have increased in number from 26 to 28.
to increase - use this about numbers, prices, or temperatures etc, but also about the level or standard of something: · The price of petrol is going up again, for the third time this year.· The jobless rate hit 9.3% last month, after rising for four months in a row.· With more and more cars on the road, pollution levels are rising steadily.· You'll need about £10, if the rail fare's gone up again, which I expect it has.go up/rise by 10%/$500 etc (=become 10% etc greater): · Personal computer sales rose by 70% in the run-up to Christmas.go up/rise to: · By mid-day, the temperature had already risen to 40 degrees.go up/rise from £300/1 million etc to £400/2 million etc: · The average price of a loaf of bread has gone up from 25p to 60p.
to increase gradually over a period of time - use this about numbers or amounts, or about a total amount of business activity or trade: · China's economic output continues to grow at a remarkable annual rate.· Demand for new cars is growing rapidly.· The number of openly gay rock musicians has grown steadily in recent years, and shows no signs of abating.grow by 10%/5000 etc (=become 10% etc greater): · Profits in the military aircraft business grew by 28% to a record $905 million.grow to: · The personnel team has grown to 6,700 full-time employees from just 900 in 2000.
if the temperature, prices, profits etc climb , they increase until they reach a very high level: · Demand for goods grew and imports climbed steadily.climb to: · The original estimate of $500 million has now climbed to a staggering $1300 million.· Temperatures are expected to climb to record levels this weekend.
if something or someone gains speed, weight, or height, their speed, weight, or height increases: · The train rolled forward, gaining speed rapidly.· A new-born baby will gain weight at around one ounce per day.· The four men told the inquiry they did not know why the plane failed to gain height after it took off.
to increase to a high level - use this about things you do not want to increase such as prices, crimes etc: · Gas prices are expected to continue to escalate in the short term.· Staff saw costs escalating and sales slumping as the effect of the recession hit the company.escalate to: · The cost of the new building has escalated to a worrying level.escalate sharply/dramatically: · The number of attacks on foreign aid workers has escalated dramatically.
if trade, business, or work picks up , the amount of it that is available increases after it has been at a level that is too low: · Their shop was losing money, but they carried on in the hope that business would pick up soon.· At present the hotel is almost empty, but I'm sure things will start to pick up in the spring.
if a difference between two amounts widens , or the range of things available widens , it increases: · The range of university courses available has widened tremendously in recent years.· The gap between the incomes of two-carer families and lone mothers with children has widened.
if something bad such as a problem or illness is on the increase , it is happening more and more frequently: · Juvenile crime is on the increase in most parts of the country.· Homelessness has been on the increase for a long time.be on the increase among: · What is particularly alarming is that bullying is on the increase among even very young primary children.
if an effort or an activity such as fighting intensifies , it increases so that more people do it or the people already doing it use more effort: · The fighting intensified and spread through the city.· As the season intensifies, quarterback Young will need to work on his fitness.· The controversy is only expected to intensify.
if trade or a business activity expands , it increases: · Trade between developing countries and industrialized countries is beginning to expand.· The business was growing rapidly and beginning to expand abroad.
if the number or amount of something builds up , it increases gradually so that there is much more than there was before: · Traffic is building up on the southern exit of the motorway.· A huge backlog of work had built up during my absence.
to increase the amount of something you do · We must increase public awareness of the health risks associated with sunbathing.· The government is increasing pressure on drug-traffickers.· The imposition of martial law will only increase violence and repression.
to increase your efforts or activities, especially in order to improve a situation that is not as good as you want it to be: step up something: · The US government stepped up its war against terrorism.· The police presence is to be stepped up at this year's carnival.step it up (=make a greater effort to achieve something): · It's good we were able to step it up at the end of the game.
to increase something so that it covers a wider area or range of activities: · Dr. Martin also helped expand housing opportunities for people with AIDs.· The agency hopes to expand coverage of new musical talent on its Internet site.expand something to something: · They fund programs that expand health benefits to wider segments of the community.
to increase something such as knowledge, experience, or your range of activities: · At Missouri, Wright broadened his experience by working on a local newspaper.· The library is installing new technology to broaden access to its huge store of information.· The company has broadened its product range in the US.
to increase something such as your influence or control over something: · The US government is still trying to extend its influence over European politics.· We can extend our effectiveness enormously by the use of up-to-date technology.· Time Warner recently extended its reach to the world's biggest music business.
to increase activities or efforts, especially against an enemy or someone who opposes you: · In the run-up to the election, terrorists have intensified their activities.· China is intensifying efforts to fight crime.· We have no choice but to intensify the strike campaign.· The latest merger will intensify competition among defense companies.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Sydney’s population expanded rapidly in the 1960s. the rapidly expanding field of information technologyCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a course of study that will broaden your horizons the rapidly changing world of technology
Sydney’s population expanded rapidly in the 1960s. the rapidly expanding field of information technology· The company has expanded year on year.
· The tax cut should help to expand the economy.
(=becomes more successful)· The economy grew by 3% last year.
a course of study that will broaden your horizons· The clothing industry grew rapidly during the 1960s.
(=increase your knowledge)· The course is designed to help students broaden their knowledge of modern American literature.
the rapidly changing world of technology· They may extend the scope of the project.
(also enrich your vocabulary formal)· Reading helps to expand your vocabulary.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· In December 1990 the already extensive presidential powers were greatly expanded with the creation of a new state leadership structure.· In California and Florida, state funding and technical assistance for career academies have greatly expanded the number of such programs statewide.· By 1958 much trade discrimination had been eliminated, and both production and the volume of trade had greatly expanded.· And our sociological horizons have greatly expanded.· This has been greatly expanded to provide a deeper experience for visitors.· The bar scene greatly expanded in the seventies as well.· The powers of the Federal government were greatly expanded.· We present twelve different categories of these, but the number could be greatly expanded.
· Where internet trading will continue to expand rapidly is in business-to-business transactions.· Since the I950s, world trade has expanded rapidly, driving incomes higher along the way.· The story starts in the middle of the last century when Darlington was expanding rapidly.· She added to his rapidly expanding jewelry collection.· Peterborough is expanding rapidly as a New Town.· The benefit has been expanding rapidly since a 1989 lawsuit forced the government to ease requirements for coverage.· The Boston economy expanded rapidly during the 1970s and the shift from a manufacturing to a service base accelerated during that time.· And the rapidly expanding public school system itself created a huge demand for teachers.
NOUN· Funding is being sought to allow the network to expand its outreach activities.· During his senior year, Jeff is expanding his activities.· At the centre of these events was the announcement that Sellafield wanted to expand its activities.· In western countries, in modern times, economic growth and expanding public activity have, with rare exceptions, gone together.· But the zemstvos in particular rapidly expanded their activities during the ensuing decades.· Many of these companies may also benefit from economies of scale as they expand into such activities.· It was a close-knit community with no ambition to expand its interests and activities.· Up to the infamous Distillers bid, Saunders did much to revive the brewing group's fortunes and expand its activities.
· Furthermore, training provision is being expanded into areas such as International Trade and Management.· Huizenga plans to expand into the areas of electronic security and billboard advertising.· Cashline has recently been expanded into new areas of operation, including airports, shopping centres, supermarkets and petrol stations.· As the medical establishment tightened its monopoly on diagnosis and prescription, it also expanded the area under its control.· The possibility of expanding into other areas outside canoeing is also being considered.· Future plans include expanding their service area to include South Dakota, Wisconsin and Montana.· He expanded the area of cut grass to encircle nearer trees - this was his own idea and it pleased him hugely.· Telephone experience, especially in the expanding call centre area, is valued.
· From a small, localised clientele, the company has now expanded into a customer base which stretches from Southampton to Wick.· So, too, they can be eroded by others who seek to expand their own bases of power.· Therefore, will he use all the influence of his Department to expand the shrinking manufacturing base of Britain?· When times are hard, more people apply to be representatives and Betterware expands its distribution base.
· The business continued to expand, and a high sport occurred when the King himself opened an account in 1800.· But how long can the coffee retail business continue to expand?· And there are other more mature markets in which our business can be expanded further.· But outside the studio, his control of Ray Charles as business commodity expanded.· The first three years went well and the business continued to expand.· We hope your business needs to expand.· The split also will free the other businesses to expand at a quicker pace, giving them what Dun&.
· Transaction costs have encouraged firms to expand their own internal capacity in preference to extensive reliance on outside suppliers.· Chellam also said the memory-chip maker will expand production capacity more than 40 percent this year.· A bladder which is frequently emptied does not expand to its full capacity and needs gentle stretching to bring this about.· Officials say they will expand glyphosate capacity by about 50 % over the next three years.· Its expanded capacity could provide enough water for an additional 1 million Phoenix-area residents, experts say.· Satellite communications have recently expanded the capacity of governments to use the media to communicate with other governments.
· So, when a company first looks to expand abroad, the same process needs to be adopted.· But after his retirement, Alsop & Company managers sought to expand the business through speculation.· From a small, localised clientele, the company has now expanded into a customer base which stretches from Southampton to Wick.· The company also is expanding into the cellular phone business.· Mr Lessard says he is not looking to sell the company and would rather expand Metro beyond the province's borders.· The rise in imports reflects the efforts of foreign companies to expand sales networks and improve service here.· A company may expand by increasing the share capital and the number of directors.
· Private enterprise now accounts for half the economy and is expanding by 25% a year.· A national economy that is expanding without creating inflationary pressures that would force the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.· The Boston economy expanded rapidly during the 1970s and the shift from a manufacturing to a service base accelerated during that time.· All this changes drastically in industrial societies, where the economy is perpetually expanding.· Its economy is rapidly expanding, partly thanks to its many natural resources and its enormous reserves of hydro-electric energy.· Thereafter, however, the economy expanded considerably.
· Virtuoso trombonist he is not, though his efforts to expand the instrument's profile must be admired.· Even to suggest that efforts he made to expand the labor force by increasing the domestic birth rate would seem slightly artful.· After 1972 the semi-autonomous administration made efforts to rehabilitate and expand the system.· Serious efforts are made to expand the labor force.· It was a mighty effort to expand and complete a process of reform that had its roots in the New Deal.· Many authorities were making a conscious effort to expand the social group from which their secondary pupils were drawn.
· Transaction costs have encouraged firms to expand their own internal capacity in preference to extensive reliance on outside suppliers.· A firm looking to expand will not simply contemplate recruiting new partners or opening up new branch offices.· The size and the number of actuarial firms is expanding rapidly in response to the demand for their services.· As the two firms expanded they inevitably found themselves close to each other's turf.· Note that the ability of firms to expand output in this situation depends upon the existence of unemployed resources in the economy.· Whether by some form of contract or by increasing local capital, firms can continue expanding their economic involvement.· Also, as owning firms have expanded they have diversified and have found themselves in competition with their consortium offspring.· Many are firms that expanded and invested with no expectation of 15 percent. interest rates.
· You might have some fun, make new friends, expand your own personal horizons.· Art escaped his kin to expand his horizons, so he knows exactly what drove Mark away.· His mission in life is to expand the horizons of those around him.· And it will expand her horizons.· This resistance can only be overcome as you gently persuade and cajole subordinates to expand their horizons.· Like millions of other women around the world, she has learned that work outside the home has expanded her horizons.· Try to find a copy if you are considering expanding your horizons.· Another possible use of video in a training programme is to trigger new ideas and expand trainees' horizons.
· It is important that the people are involved, because the industry itself is expanding at an extraordinary rate.· Will the industry expand or contract?· We must be prepared to adapt as some industries and occupations expand and others contract.· Both of our conditions therefore say that trade is beneficial if on average the output of highly monopolized industries expands.· When the industry is expanding and labour is scarce, management will obviously have less control over productivity.· Stimulated by technological progress, the cotton industry expanded more and more.· From 1950 the chemical industry expanded quickly with the use of oil both as raw material and as fuel.· As the partial equilibrium analysis suggested, a procompetitive effect, with monopolistic industries expanding, is expected from trade.
· Instead the market has expanded, giving all operators the opportunity to make a profit.· As the special economic zones expanded, the scope of the market expanded.· According to the company, the market is expanding fast: three-quarters of its sales were made in the past 18 months.· If the food market expands, they reason, it could reduce the need to spray crops with harmful pesticides.· But why did they choose to build on their own valuable market places instead of expanding outwards into suburbs?· These adjustments carry through to the resource market as expanding industries demand more resources and contracting industries demand fewer.
· Proceeds will be used to expand existing networks and to build new ones, the company said.· The best social principle to follow may be to build the enterprise upon existing and expanding social networks.· The idea is to expand its network business for the international arena, especially the telecommunications market.· The rise in imports reflects the efforts of foreign companies to expand sales networks and improve service here.· Docherty declined to say how much the companies are investing together in expanding the network.
· Degrees such as media studies have enjoyed huge growth as universities have expanded the number of places to meet ambitious government targets.· In California and Florida, state funding and technical assistance for career academies have greatly expanded the number of such programs statewide.· It is certainly encouraging that parents, not government, are choosing to expand the number of integrated schools in the Province.· Have physicians' fees fallen relative to other prices in response to the growing competition among the rapidly expanding numbers of physicians?· The T9000's built-in communications links enable the internal bandwidth of the parallel processor to expand proportionately to the number of processing nodes.· With growing demand, Mike could exercise exchange leverage over an expanding number of people ready to change.· It is clear that it could be borne only if society itself were expanding in wealth and numbers.· Quality, creativity, and originality do not expand automatically as the number of outlets increases.
· It is investing heavily in research and development, and is expanding its marketing operation this year.· Offsetting that, homebuilder Crossman Communities Inc. said it would expand its Columbus operations.· In the years that followed it expanded operations without seeking local approval, earning little goodwill in Guadalcazar.· Twinlab and Rexall both have expanded operations in recent months.· Hence, the trucking companies have expanded their operations.· After the Watts rebellion, Johnsoh asked Hoover to expand his intelligence operations to include riot prediction.
· But as internet opportunities expand it is coming into its own.· It is an opportunity to expand the responsibilities of John Langley, an up-and-coming salesman getting some great results in the north.· The Great Exhibition of 1851 brought him an excellent opportunity to expand his business and he seized it with relish.· It also offers the ideal opportunity for employees to expand their work experience.· Many labour-only subcontractors have grasped the opportunity to expand initially to a labour and material sub-contractor and subsequently to a general contractor.· This offers you an opportunity to expand the scope of adventuring in the Castle greatly.· I hope, therefore, that it will look at the opportunities for expanding the scheme.
· Fierce protests greeted ReChem's recently announced plans to expand near Southampton.· Future plans include expanding their service area to include South Dakota, Wisconsin and Montana.· The business will employ 36 workers at first with plans to expand.· Giddy from their wartime success, the Communists launched an ambitious plan aimed at expanding the economy by 14 percent a year.· The wreck of Braer will not cause the oil industry to ground its plans to expand.· The first phase of the plan involves expanding its existing solar station beside the closed Rancho Seco nuclear plant this year.· That was commissioned to take account of plans to expand the cross-London commuter Thameslink rail service.· Our recently announced plans to significantly expand our hosting infrastructure are moving rapidly.
· Harley-Davidson is pushing to introduce more people to its products with an expanded rental program.· Proceeds help expand the raptor program, a series of natural hunting and group behavior demonstrations by those ever-gorgeous Harris hawks.· Plans were to expand the program to 300 students by 1997.· Both of these Republican presidents undertook aggressive antitrust actions, and both strongly supported, and expanded, federal housing programs.· President Bush wants to expand the housing program started in 1992, when his father was president.· Plans are to enroll 100 participants from five high schools this summer and then expand the program in future years.· Senate bill would expand the voluntary program to the entire nation for the next three years.
· The redshank has vastly expanded its breeding range in Shetland in the last thirty years or so.· To achieve electoral success, pragmatic parties might shift their position or expand the range of viewpoints they encompass.· In this way, the child learns to expand his/ her range of alternative coping strategies.· In fact, though, various developments are expanding the range of public engagement.· The presence of these additional mystical agencies complements the non-mystical causes already examined and thus expands the range of explanation.· Since then, the death cap has been steadily expanding its range, helped along recently by a string of rainy winters.· Jez San finds that games consoles are shrinking in size but expanding in range and addictiveness potential..· We're expanding the range, so there's bags of variation there.
· It is important that the people are involved, because the industry itself is expanding at an extraordinary rate.· M3 expanded at an annual rate of 1. 9 percent in the first 11 months of 1995.· All this is perhaps inevitable in a subject which is expanding at the rate of around 1000 research publications a year.· London expanded at a remarkable rate.· The population of the town soon began to expand at a phenomenal rate.· Branson, he argued, was attempting to expand at a faster rate than the resources of the company allowed.· It was a route she chose originally because she did not have enough capital to expand at the rate business demanded.· At that rate the flow of bank lending is, and the money supply is expanding at a corresponding rate.
· Achieving environmentally-sustainable mobility must include an expanded role for public transport, and requires many kinds of action.· Encourage women to play expanded roles in their communities?· The role of the teacher could be expanded to encompass the role of researcher.· These are not encouraging recommendations for expanding the role of public opinion in major decision making about affairs of state.· Computerisation allows doctors to expand their largely reactive role of sitting in the surgery waiting for ill patients to come to them.· Republicans were suspicious about what they saw as an expanding role for the government.· Eleven years ago I wrote to the then President of our Institute making the case for expanding the role of the Institute.· This new and expanded role for employees will exert enormous pressures on employees and companies alike to invest in education and retraining.
· Since about 1840 they had been expanding the scope of their products to include the whole range of cotton-processing machinery.· As the special economic zones expanded, the scope of the market expanded.· He might have expanded the scope of this intriguing remark.· By 1996 the strategy had succeeded in significantly expanding the scope of school-to-work in Tulsa.· Beto continued the policy but expanded the scope of inmate productivity to include building on a large scale.· This offers you an opportunity to expand the scope of adventuring in the Castle greatly.· The remaining seven chapters, many of which have been introduced in the second edition, considerably expand the scope of coverage.
· When the war began the civil service was expanded to cope with a multitude of new tasks.· Later, Daley would shrink civil service and expand the patronage army.· There is sometimes a tendency for a generalist service to expand into specialisms with which it is in daily contact.· At the same time, health and welfare services will have to expand for a growing and aging population.· So the role of the civil service expands not merely because ministers are overwhelmed with work but because Parliament is also.
· The most difficult part of the Boards' programme of expanding the distribution system was in rural areas.· He hopes to expand the existing tram system that ferries visitors from outlying parking lots to key spots through out the park.· And the rapidly expanding public school system itself created a huge demand for teachers.· Consider how easy it is to expand the system both in terms of users and in terms of extra facilities.· The immediate need is to expand the entire system.· The money was desperately needed to expand the system to accommodate an ever-increasing population.
· This is the direction of time in which the universe is expanding rather than contracting.· The same can be said of the postmodern discovery that the universe is expanding.· That motivation disappeared when it was discovered that the universe is expanding.· But as the universe expanded, the temperature of the radiation decreased.· And why is the direction of time in which disorder increases the same as that in which the universe expands?· The new simulations, it is claimed, show that instead the universe will go on expanding for ever.· In the present epoch the systematic red shift of galactic spectra indicates that the Universe is expanding.· Will the universe eventually stop expanding and start contracting, or will it expand for ever?
VERB· Funding is being sought to allow the network to expand its outreach activities.· However, be sure the gap is wide enough to allow the wood to expand and contract.· Rather, the best argument for privatisation is that it would allow the railways to expand their services.· But that method would not allow Texas to expand its Medicaid program.· Computerisation allows doctors to expand their largely reactive role of sitting in the surgery waiting for ill patients to come to them.· The electricity can then be regenerated by allowing the air to expand in a turbine.· Popular schools will be allowed to expand, and more schools will be able to apply for technology funding.· This soft filling is intended to allow the fire-back to expand under the fierce heat without cracking.
· The object thereupon begins to expand, and it will rapidly pick up speed.· The problem began to expand to levels at once more profound and absurd.· The cramped dock area began to expand eastwards across the newly exposed terrain.· Broadcasts to a limited audience begin today, while expanded programming starts on April 15.· The population of the town soon began to expand at a phenomenal rate.· Within hours the bubble had begun to expand and rise, sucking in the surrounding air.· Gradually, the number of individual objectors prepared to enter the fray began to expand outside the initial handful.· The soul begins to expand, the blood begins to flow more sweetly in your veins.
· This was on entirely modern lines and has continued to expand right up to the present time.· But how long can the coffee retail business continue to expand?· Where internet trading will continue to expand rapidly is in business-to-business transactions.· Freedom of movement and economic choice and even in some ways commentary have continued to expand.· We will continue to expand higher education and training.· However, it is continuing to expand its in-store banking centers, which are a lower-cost way to deliver financial services.· Whether by some form of contract or by increasing local capital, firms can continue expanding their economic involvement.· Building after building, the Puzzle Palace continued to expand its empire.
· The public-sector deficit was expected to expand from 33,900 million pesos in 1989 to at least 55,100 million by the end of 1990.· And existing child care programs are expected to expand.· He can well afford extravagances and is expected to expand his art collection still further.· It was absolutely no good just giving them a sketch and expecting them to expand on it using their own initiative.· Currently, some 450 intermediaries are linked to the service and this is expected to expand.· They expect to expand at the expense not of each other but of traditional restaurants.
· It also helps students to expand and develop vocabulary, which is one of the key needs at this level.· But far more volunteers are needed to help the hospice expand it's reach.· Volunteers are still needed to help the hospice expand its current home sitter service.· However, modernisation will help to expand the programme further, including film shows, shadow puppetry and matinees - presently impracticable.· This would help expand Moby's loyalties and prevent him from becoming too dependent on his main daytime companion.· Computers will help expand personal creativity, too.
· Sparc Technology will also sell Sun system designs, hoping to expand indirectly into the portable, X terminal and embedded markets.· He hopes to expand the existing tram system that ferries visitors from outlying parking lots to key spots through out the park.· It is then hoped to expand its use to other joint surgery which requires precision drilling.· Officials hope to expand the effort to the San Antonio Zoo this year.· Your reactions are important as we hope to expand our range of environmentally-friendly goods in future offers.· Murdoch said he hopes to expand beyond what those two companies offer and use satellites for data transmissions via computers.· John Lewis hopes to expand its range to include 2500 items by autumn 2001.
· First, the agency may seek to expand a given government programme by systematically overstating the benefits or understating the costs.· But after his retirement, Alsop & Company managers sought to expand the business through speculation.· Section 8 grants A road haulage business seeking to expand need not restrict itself entirely to the road transport industry.· So, too, they can be eroded by others who seek to expand their own bases of power.· Competition between love of words and of the world they seek to represent expands in Ulysses.· Corporations involved in the escalating race to acquire media properties seek not only expanded profitability but also increasing influence.
WORD FAMILYnounexpansionadjectiveexpandableverbexpand
1[intransitive, transitive] to become larger in size, number, or amount, or to make something become larger OPP contract: Water expands as it freezes. Sydney’s population expanded rapidly in the 1960s. exercises that expand the chest muscles his expanding waistline► see thesaurus at increase2[intransitive, transitive] if a company, business etc expands, or if someone expands it, they open new shops, factories etc: The computer industry has expanded greatly over the last decade. The hotel wants to expand its business by adding a swimming pool. the rapidly expanding field of information technologyexpand into We have plans to expand into the U.S. market.3[intransitive] literary to become more confident and start to talk more: After a few whiskies he started to expand a little.expand on/upon something phrasal verb to add more details or information to something that you have already said: Payne later expanded on his initial statement.