"expand" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

expand verbo

expand + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 160
expand opportunities • expand one's business • expand one's operations • expand one's services • expand one's range • ...
verbo + expand
Kolokacji: 50
begin expanding • help expand • continue expand • plan to expand • seek to expand • continue to expand • hope to expand • ...
(2) plan, hope, intend
Kolokacji: 3
  • This spring, the government proposed expanding the tax to cars five years and older.
  • He has proposed expanding the board to 11 members, with the mayor having 6 appointments.
  • I also proposed immediately expanding promising programs to all at-risk youth.
  • The charter commission proposed expanding the Council so that minority candidates would have a better chance of election.
  • Recent Congressional legislation proposed expanding this program to 2010 housing credits (see below).
  • He proposed expanding the county's role in buying property for such housing and recommended creating a department of environment to focus on preservation.
  • The growers first proposed expanding in 1991, saying they needed more acreage to compete with farmers outside the state.
  • In the letter the company received, the agency proposed expanding its investigation to include all such tests done in Montreal over the last five years.
  • For the first time, Gallaudet proposed expanding the school to create a college for deaf students.
  • Yet, when anyone proposes expanding our meager rail system, the authorities cry, "There are no funds available."
2. recommend expanding = poleć rozwijanie recommend expanding
3. suggest expanding = zasugeruj rozwijać suggest expanding
4. expand by offering = rozwiń przez oferowanie expand by offering
5. advocate expanding = poprzyj rozwijanie advocate expanding
expand + preposición
Kolokacji: 44
expand into • expand beyond • expand upon • expand throughout • expanded since • ...
expand + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 82
expand rapidly • greatly expand • further expand • significantly expand • gradually expand • eventually expand • quickly expand • ...

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