EXPANDED
/ɛkˈspændɪd/
19
Scrabble
21
WWF
E(1) X(8) P(3) A(1) N(1) D(2) E(1) D(2)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ɛkˈspændɪd/
verb
- To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.“You can expand this compact umbrella to cover a large table.”
- To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).“A flower expands its leaves.”
- To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
- To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.“Use the binomial theorem to expand {(x+1)}^4.”
- (of an expression) To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.“The expression {(x+1)}^4 expands to x^4 + 4x^3 + 6x^2 + 4x + 1.”
Source: Wiktionary
