Definition from Dictionary.com
1. To increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand hiscompany.
2. To spread or stretch out; unfold: A bird expands its wings.
3. To express in fuller form or greater detail; develop: to expand a short story into a novel.
4.Mathematics .
a. To write (a mathematical expression) so as to show the products of its factors.
b. To rewrite (a mathematical expression) as a sum, product, etc., of terms of a particular kind: to expand afunction in a power series.
5. To increase or grow in extent, bulk, scope, etc.: Most metals expand with heat. The mind expands with experience.
6. To spread out; unfold; develop: The buds had not yet expanded.
7. To express something more fully or in greater detail (usually followed by on or upon ): to expand one statement.
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