Collocations for "expanding"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "expanding" in context.
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ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- expands and contracts
- expands to fill the [time, space] (available)
- expand to [include, incorporate, cover]
- expand into [Europe, new markets, other countries]
- expand your [view, knowledge, understanding] (of)
- expand (their) [sales, marketing, production, business] (into)
- expand its [services, products]
- expand the [scope, number, range] of
- expand my repertoire
- expand the [window, text, image]
- expand in [scope, size]
- expanded to its full [scope]
- the [territory, cracks, balloon] expanded
- his [muscles, chest, eyes] expanded
- my [waistline, waist] is expanding
- expanded over [weeks, years, centuries]
- expanded to [20 cm]
- expanded until it [burst, broke, exploded, snapped]
- [continues, stopped] expanding
- expand on what you [said, did, made]
- expand on your [ideas, thesis]
- could you expand on that?
'expanding' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):