expansion

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspænʃən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
  2. noun a function expressed as a sum or product of terms
  3. noun a discussion that provides additional information

Etymology

Borrowed from French expansion, from Latin expānsiō. By surface analysis, expand + -sion.

In classic literature

Synonyms

enlargement

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
increase
Narrower (hyponyms)
distention, dilation, inflation, extension, stretching, magnification
Opposite (antonyms)
contraction

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