expansion
//ɪkˈspænʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- expansions
Definitions
1.An act, process, or instance of expanding.
- This expansion requires the original game board.
- My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.
- The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2964
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Borrowed from French expansion, from Latin expānsiō.
By surface analysis, expand + -sion.