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1
something added (as by growth)
- the museum's new wing is only the first in a series of expansions planned for the next decade
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2
the act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced
- the expansion of remedial reading classes into a district-wide program using school volunteers for a variety of needs
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3
a wide space or area
- we gazed in awe at the star-strewn expansion of nighttime sky above us
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The first known use of expansion was in 1611
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