Text: 1 to express more fully and in greater detail<an article on the First Ladies that the author later expanded into a book>Synonymsamplify, develop, elaborate (on), enlarge (on)Related Wordsadd (to), complement, supplement; discourse, expatiate, ramble, run onNear Antonymscompress, contract; outline, summarize, sum upAntonymsabbreviate, abridge, condense, shorten 2 to make greater in size, amount, or number<we had to expand the list of wedding guests several times in order to accommodate all the relatives Mother wouldnʼt dream of excluding>— see increase 1 3 to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area<a spare leaf for those times when we have to expand the dining table to accommodate extra guests>— see open 3 4 to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number<water expands when it becomes frozen>— see increase 2

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