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Noun
▲
The action of becoming larger or more extensive
growth
enlargement
augmentation
development
increase
aggrandisementUK
aggrandizementUS
buildup
elaboration
escalation
expanse
extension
progression
spread
accession
accretion
accrual
boost
magnification
multiplication
mushrooming
proliferation
rise
swell
advance
advancement
amplification
buildout
burgeoning
diffusion
diversification
evolution
inflation
progress
spike
swelling
unfolding
upgrade
upsurge
uptick
uptrend
upturn
ballooning
embellishment
evolvement
furtherance
growing
maturation
snowballing
unfurling
upping
globalisationUK
globalizationUS
build-up
step up
scaling up
blowing up
opening out
spreading out
blow up
increase in size
more ❯
“Between 1890 and 1920, new developments enabled further expansion of the wheat industry.”
Noun
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The action of physically expanding in size, width or girth
dilation
distension
enlargement
lengthening
swelling
broadening
dilatation
distention
elongation
stretching
thickening
increase in size
extension
spread
increase
widening
intumescence
growth
inflation
fattening
ballooning
tumefaction
swell
blowing up
blow-up
puffing up
filling out
blow up
opening
swollenness
more ❯
“Several diseases may be treated by a local expansion of blood vessels.”
Noun
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A new addition to a structure or piece of work
addition
accrual
addendum
accretion
supplement
increase
rise
gain
augmentation
increment
boost
proliferation
raise
uptick
more
step up
plus
accumulation
growth
buildup
amassing
amassment
enlargement
upturn
collection
aggregation
stockpile
collecting
cumulation
assemblage
more ❯
“The property is located within a built-up area which does not permit any expansion to the building.”
Noun
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A continuous or wide area or expanse
expanse
field
extent
length
spread
stretch
breadth
plain
reach
space
waste
sheet
distance
area
sweep
range
span
scope
extension
width
radius
compass
size
sphere
latitude
dimensions
amplitude
region
tract
confines
more ❯
“It diffuses beauty through seas and fertile plains, and all that lies beneath the starred expansion of the skies.”
Noun
▲
The quality of being prosperous
prosperousness
fortune
riches
opulence
wealth
comfort
success
welfare
benefit
plenty
interest
good
abundance
luxury
advantage
ease
exorbitance
successfulness
plenteousness
thriving
increase
growth
boom
inflation
accomplishment
arrival
clover
comfortable
do
velvet
victory
well-being
good times
life of luxury
bed of roses
the good life
easy street
gravy train
flying colors
high on the hog
more ❯
Noun
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The act, or the result, of diversifying
diversification
branching out
broadening
divergence
diversity
modification
variation
variety
assortment
change
diverseness
heterogeneity
heterogeneousness
multifariousness
variegation
miscellaneousness
variousness
multiplicity
discrepancy
disparateness
manifoldness
fluctuation
medley
divergency
many-sidedness
variance
array
collection
intermixture
incongruity
more ❯
Noun
▲
The process of the formation and growth of cities
urban sprawl
development
overspill
sprawl
suburbia
urbanisationUK
urbanizationUS
suburbanizationUK
growth
spread
Noun
▲
A flow inward or into something
introduction
influx
accrual
accumulation
addition
arrival
entrance
entry
inclusion
incorporation
increase
incursion
inflow
infusion
injection
proliferation
accretion
accumulating
admittance
increment
ingress
inpouring
inrush
insertion
installation
instreaming
interpolation
intrusion
inundation
multiplication
rush
stream
supplement
accompaniment
addendum
additive
appendage
convergence
implant
invasion
adjunct
appendix
income
introducing
mushrooming
penetration
coming in
more ❯
Noun
▲
Making a place a colony
colonizationUS
annexation
foundation
occupation
clearing
establishment
founding
immigration
migration
settlement
settling
squatting
transplanting
expanding
opening up
peopling
pioneering
populating
plantation
colonisationUK
Noun
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A part of a large building, especially one that projects from the main part
wing
annexUS
annexeUK
part
side
addition
adjunct
extension
section
ell
supplementary building
penthouse
conservatory
porch
lean-to
additional room
new building
Noun
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An explanatory note in a book or other written text
comment
commentary
explanation
exposition
note
annotation
elucidation
footnote
gloss
interpretation
analysis
criticism
editorial
explication
illustration
notation
exegesis
marginalia
reference
report
review
scholium
play-by-play
definition
clarification
illumination
marginal note
construction
observation
remark
more ❯
Noun
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A large area of barren, typically uninhabited land
waste
desert
wasteland
expanse
breadth
wilds
length
spread
wilderness
barren
desolation
distance
extent
field
heath
reach
stretch
barrenness
emptiness
plain
solitude
vastness
void
badlands
bog
brush
brushland
bush
fen
jungle
marsh
marshland
moor
quagmire
swamp
tundra
wild
dust bowl
no-man's-land
more ❯
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