## Meanings
1. To become larger in size, amount, or extent.
2. To make something larger or wider in size, amount, or scope.
3. To open something out or spread it to its full size.

## Examples
- Metal expands when it is heated.
- The company plans to expand its business into new markets.
- You can expand this compact umbrella to cover a large table.

## Synonyms
- elaborate

## Antonyms
- contract
- factor
- limit

## Derived Forms
- coexpand
- companding
- expandability
- expandable
- expandedly
- expandedness
- expander
- expandingly
- expandingness
- hyperexpanded
- misexpand
- nonexpanded

## Related Forms
- expanse
- expansible
- expansile
- expansion
- expansionism
- expansive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *peth₂-
- Root: espaundre
- Root: expandō

## Etymology
Recorded in Middle English since 1422 (as expanden, expaunden), from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Latin expandere (“to spread out”), itself from ex- (“out, outwards”) + pandō (“to spread”). Doublet of spawn.

## AI Etymology
Expand: Recorded in Middle English since 1422 (as expanden, expaunden), from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Latin expandere (“to spread out”), itself from ex- (“out, outwards”) + pandō (“to spread”). Doublet of spawn. In current use, the main senses are “To become larger in size, amount, or extent” and “To make something larger or wider in size, amount, or scope”.

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- Cause, Change & Process
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