expansive
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5.4
- adjective
- /ɪkˈspænsɪv/
- With its expansive gardens and beautiful architecture, the estate attracted many visitors each year.
- an expansive view
- an expansive agenda
- expansive policies
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- But the impact you can make is expansive.
- When you go and watch YouTube videos of of tailors and fabric artists, large expansive tables and it feels so luxurious.
- The countries that showed the largest export growth to the rest of the world were countries with expansive trade agreements.
- It's in fact, it's so expansive that it ends roughly halfway between US and the next star.
- It's a strictly kosher dining hall, and yet it's also a very expansive space that does not feel particularly parochial.
- And if we're intelligent enough to choose, why not choose an expansive scenario instead of a horrible scenario?
- The further you go Into Darkness, the more expansive is your light.
Examples
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The fact is we implemented generally expansive policies, and we got back to full employment.
Academic text (1993) -
Lupovich looks around the expansive office and paws the photos and knickknacks on Jeremiah's desk.
Fiction book (2001) -
It's also an expansive definition of strength.
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The countries that showed the largest export growth to the rest of the world were countries with expansive trade agreements.
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And I think Penn is right to try to understand a more expansive view of what is meant by the idea of prayer.
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The Music Instinct, a new book by Philip Ball, offers an expansive overview of music's fundamental properties and values.
Academic text (2011) -
It's a strictly kosher dining hall, and yet it's also a very expansive space that does not feel particularly parochial.
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Tremaine put his hand on Prue's back and gently urged her toward the expansive library beyond the foyer.
Fiction book (2001) -
The conference featured an expansive discussion on climate change that covered various global perspectives.
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The artist is known for her expansive style, which incorporates elements from multiple disciplines and cultures.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Bigger than average in size, number, or amount
∞
1.0
Very large in size, amount, or degree
∞
1.0
Large in size, amount, or range
944
2.9
Very large and impressive in scale
754
2.1
Very large in size, amount, or effect
650
2.1
Very large in size or amount
569
3.0
Impressive and large in appearance or style
363
1.0
On a large or impressive scale
314
4.1
Large in amount, range, or area
145
3.2
Very large, much bigger than normal
132
3.7
Very large in size, amount, or degree
121
3.8
Very large and affecting many people or places
117
4.1
Covering many different subjects or areas
116
4.1
Large and covering a wide area or amount
106
1.0
Wide from one side to the other
56
4.1
Complete and using all available resources
43
2.5
A large open room or area with plenty of space
38
5.0
Having a big effect on many people or things
26
5.0
Having no limit in size or amount
22
3.9
Very large in size or amount
19
7.3
Very large, much bigger than usual
17
6.0
Including many different people, ideas, or things
16
4.2
Is very large and impressive in size or purpose
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Etymology
Expansive comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and pandere 'to spread', the same root as expand and expansion. So something expansive is like 'spread out' — large, wide, or ambitious in scale.