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UK
/ɛkspˈænsɪv/
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[ US /ɪkˈspænsɪv/ ]
[ US /ɪkˈspænsɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
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able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
Expansive materials
the expansive force of fire -
friendly and open and willing to talk
wine made the guest expansive -
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
heroic undertakings
an expansive lifestyle
collecting on a grand scale
in the grand manner
How To Use expansive In A Sentence
- He has become gruff and cold, a far cry from the playful, expansive carouser and rabble-rouser of the film's opening scenes. Come and Get It
- Breathing in and out for an equal length of time is another way to experience expansiveness and balance.
- No sooner had a bowl of steaming spaghetti vongole been placed in front of me than Matt, in a moment of open-armed expansiveness while trying to press home a point, had knocked the entire thing into my lap.
- That football is the way we want to play, open and expansive. The Sun
- The difficulty is in making the concept both concrete and yet expansive enough to include everyone who ought to fall within our orbit of concern.
- Something about it fills us with such joy that we are able to let go of our every day petty grievances and be the full and expansive people we are.
- The plan of the sanctuary complex, now a dignified patchwork of ruins, is quintessentially Syrian, with a small central temple surrounded by an expansive precinct known as the temenos . Temple of the 'Bride of the Desert'
- Unlike the destruction caused by an earthquake, which may affect several buildings across an expansive area, this disaster involved many buildings and a massive debris pile in a small, confined area.
- Some states stick with the label "gifted" whereas others use more broad and expansive definitions including "gifted and talent" or "high ability students. Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.: Who Is Currently Identified as Gifted in the United States?
- The Spaniard not only brings goals but also a more expansive way of playing. Times, Sunday Times