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What is the adjective for expand?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb expand which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

expansive
  1. Able to be expanded.
  2. Comprehensive in scope or extent.
  3. Talkative and sociable.
  4. (mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “We cannot fault the book's expansive coverage of the field of animal learning.”
      “When you have a substantial home surrounded by a small yard, it can be difficult to create the illusion of having an expansive garden and inviting spaces for outdoor living.”
      “She felt the expansive balloon of happiness in her heart begin to deflate.”
expansile
  1. expansionary, relating to expansion
  2. expandable, which can be expanded
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The margins were expansile and located within a few millimeters of the overlying epithelium.”
      “While the mucosa of the gallbladder appeared unremarkable, an expansile neoplasm had infiltrated the full thickness of the wall.”
      “The gross pattern was expansile and non-infiltrating, but in one patient airway obstruction was critical at the time of surgery.”
expatiative
expansionary
  1. That promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The government implemented an expansionary fiscal policy to stimulate economic growth and job creation.”
      “Except for a severe contraction in 1974, monetary policy was largely expansionary and contributed to the inflation outcome.”
      “Here, states attempt to exploit the international economy through expansionary policies.”
expatiatory
expansionistic
  1. Of, or pertaining to expansionism.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In return, there has been interference in the internal affairs of our countries for expansionistic goals.”
      “They were aggressive and expansionistic, extending their territory at the expense of nearby tribes like the Atrebates.”
      “An expansionistic pricing strategy is a more drastic form of penetration pricing as it implies setting very low prices in order to establish mass markets.”
expansionist
  1. Of or pertaining to expansionism.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The expansionist policies of the nation were evident in its aggressive territorial acquisitions.”
expandable
  1. Having the capacity to be expanded.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It carries a three-person crew and is equipped with a modular, expandable armor system of ceramic composite material on the outside and a spall liner on the inside.”
expandatory
  1. (rare) Capable of causing expansion
expansional
  1. Relating to expansion.
expansible
  1. expandable
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Reserve soldiers are valued assets in developing internal procedures for the expansible Theater Support Command structure.”
      “If the lung is fully expansible and fills the pleural cavity while inflated by the anesthetist, talc is insufflated.”
      “The army had two corps headquarters and seven divisions of infantry and cavalry, once again, all established upon an expansible basis.”
expanded
expanding
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