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The label then will try to expand that base.

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Quick take

extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"

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verb

extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"

verb

become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"

verb

make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for expand.

verb

extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"

verb

become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"

verb

make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"

verb

grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

verb

exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"

verb

add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

verb

expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"

Example sentences

The label then will try to expand that base.

Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.

You watch the function expand, you see every call.

We run a similar much smaller shop at Tinkercad and I hope to expand that one in the future as well.

EPB is now petitioning the FCC to expand its territory.

The article mentions that interest rates were high in the early 80s and it allowed AA to expand.

In the meantime, that middle manager will use this opportunity to ask for more reqs and expand his little fiefdom.

In other words, spammers are incidentally creating the tools to expand the scope of digital human knowledge.

Many people today do not even give pause over the idea that the government claims huge amounts of unchecked power, whether it is to fight terrorists or to expand social programs.

Obligatory jwz quote: ``Zawinski's law of software envelopment''Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail.

You can expand this to the whole economy being basically just a set of interdependent positive externalities.

I'm very positive on its ability to unlock potential, trigger insights, expand perspective, and facilitate learning, even in spite of having experienced a few bad trips.

Heres why this is awesome: - The name Unity finally makes perfect sense - Phone can expand into a tablet can expand into a desktop - larger form factor can run smaller form factor apps - app switcher is slick - Canonical finally learned how to use all the bull shit motivational words that apple uses to inspire people - OS level tie ins to social services - Still open source I'm excited to use it, and I'm excited to help.