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Synonyms for expansion


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ik-span-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspæn ʃən

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Définition of expansion

Origin :
  • 1610s, "anything spread out;" 1640s, "act of expanding," from French expansion, from Late Latin expansionem (nominative expansio) "a spreading out," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin expandere (see expand).
  • noun growth
Example sentences :
  • The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • In an unwonted mood of expansion he turned to Mali-ya-bwana.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Here the first step is absorption and expansion, not precipitation.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • I will not run the risk of weakening this reasoning by expansion.
  • Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
  • Such was the law of expansion; the earth was the heritage of the most numerous race.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • In the expansion of his feelings he held out the letter to Ramond, and forced him to read it.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • Together, with the expansion of business, grew also a political apprehension.
  • Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
  • The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Helen's next remark was in the natures of a reducer for the said expansion.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Jars may also be cracked by the expansion of the water when a battery freezes.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

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