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  • English Word Expansion Definition The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
  • English Word Expansion Definition That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.
  • English Word Expansion Definition Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space.
  • English Word Expansion Definition Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.
  • English Word Expansion Definition The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.
  • English Word Expansion Definition The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.
  • English Word Expansion Definition The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.
  • English Word Expansive Definition Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.
  • English Word Expansure Definition Expanse.
  • English Word Expariating Definition of Expatiate
  • English Word Expatiate Definition To range at large, or without restraint.
  • English Word Expatiate Definition To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant.
  • English Word Expatiate Definition To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
  • English Word Expatiated Definition of Expatiate
  • English Word Expatiation Definition Act of expatiating.
  • English Word Expatiatory Definition Expansive; diffusive.
  • English Word Expatriate Definition To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
  • English Word Expatriate Definition Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country.
  • English Word Expatriated Definition of Expatriate
  • English Word Expatriating Definition of Expatriate
  • English Word Expatriation Definition The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.
  • English Word Expect Definition To wait for; to await.
  • English Word Expect Definition To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated.
  • English Word Expect Definition To wait; to stay.
  • English Word Expect Definition Expectation.
  • English Word Expectable Definition That may be expected or looked for.
  • English Word Expectance Definition Alt. of Expectancy
  • English Word Expectancy Definition The act of expecting ; expectation.
  • English Word Expectancy Definition That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope.
  • English Word Expectant Definition Waiting in expectation; looking for