expansion

noun

OPAL W

/ɪkˈspænʃn/

[uncountable, countable]

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an act of increasing or making something increase in size, amount or importance
- a period of rapid economic expansion
- Despite the recession the company is confident of further expansion.
- The expansion of higher education will continue.
- The book is an expansion of a series of lectures given last year.
Extra Examples
- He opposed expansion of the army and navy.
- In order to finance expansion on this scale, the government has relied heavily on borrowing.
- Russian expansion to the East and South
- She proposed a modest expansion of unemployment benefits.
- The board decided to embark on aggressive overseas expansion.
- The company believes there is scope for expansion in this sector.
- The economy is still showing healthy expansion.
- The museum is undergoing a major expansion.
- The rate of expansion of our overseas trade has been spectacular.
- a great age of expansion in trade and science
- an $80 million expansion of its Madras factory
- expansion into the luxury car market
- the largest prison expansion in American history
Topics Change, cause and effectb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- considerable
- enormous
- …
verb + expansion
- show
- experience
- undergo
- …
expansion + verb
- occur
- take place
expansion + noun
- plan
- programme/program
preposition
- expansion into
- expansion in
- expansion to
- …
phrases
- a period of expansion
- the rate of expansion
- potential, room, scope, etc. for expansion
- …
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Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin expansio(n-), from Latin expandere ‘to spread out’, from ex- ‘out’ + pandere ‘to spread’.

单词	expansion
释义	expansion noun OPAL W /ɪkˈspænʃn/ /ɪkˈspænʃn/ [uncountable, countable] jump to other results an act of increasing or making something increase in size, amount or importance a period of rapid economic expansion Despite the recession the company is confident of further expansion. The expansion of higher education will continue. The book is an expansion of a series of lectures given last year. Extra Examples He opposed expansion of the army and navy. In order to finance expansion on this scale, the government has relied heavily on borrowing. Russian expansion to the East and South She proposed a modest expansion of unemployment benefits. The board decided to embark on aggressive overseas expansion. The company believes there is scope for expansion in this sector. The economy is still showing healthy expansion. The museum is undergoing a major expansion. The rate of expansion of our overseas trade has been spectacular. a great age of expansion in trade and science an $80 million expansion of its Madras factory expansion into the luxury car market the largest prison expansion in American history Topics Change, cause and effectb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big considerable enormous … verb + expansion show experience undergo … expansion + verb occur take place expansion + noun plan programme/program preposition expansion into expansion in expansion to … phrases a period of expansion the rate of expansion potential, room, scope, etc. for expansion … See full entry Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin expansio(n-), from Latin expandere ‘to spread out’, from ex- ‘out’ + pandere ‘to spread’.
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