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What is the verb for expansion?

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expand
  1. (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one.
  2. (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
  3. (transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
  4. (transitive, algebra) To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
  5. (transitive, arithmetic) To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same natural number yielding a fraction of equal value
  6. (intransitive) To (be) change(d) from a smaller form/size to a larger one.
  7. (intransitive) To (be) increase(d) in extent, number, volume or scope.
  8. (intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.
  9. (intransitive) To feel generous or optimistic.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “My waistline would continue to expand as I continued to consume food indiscriminately.”
      “We are looking to expand our company into new markets, especially abroad.”
      “Could you expand on your idea of how the earth is flat?”
expands
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expand
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “China's property prices jumped 11 percent in the first five months of the year as the economy expands.”
      “Above all, the appearance of diverse chordates and agnathans greatly expands our knowledge of the Cambrian explosion.”
      “A full Mont Blanc ski pass expands the skiing domain to 762 kilometres of runs.”
expandeth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expand
expandest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of expand
expanded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of expand
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Since its inception, the business has expanded to become a national retail chain.”
      “Every little pine needle expanded and swelled with sympathy and befriended me.”
      “The filter is actuatable between the expanded configuration and the collapsed configuration by the application of tension to the wire.”
expanding
  1. present participle of expand
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Now, my husband is in a business that is expanding and will probably bring in more money annually than the two of us ever made as wage slaves.”
      “Here status preservation came through absorption into the expanding state bureaucracy and army.”
      “The question of verbal irony is of expanding relevance to a range of fields of cultural information and inquiry.”
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