"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 17
(4) significantly, easily
Kolokacji: 2
(5) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2
(6) considerably, substantially
Kolokacji: 2
(7) steadily, quietly, wildly
Kolokacji: 3
(8) aggressively, sharply
Kolokacji: 2
(10) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
(12) northward, northwards
Kolokacji: 2
  • He expanded northwards, then sold his run at a substantial profit.
  • The building was expanded northwards by the same architect in 1933 (3a-b Grønningen).
  • Its range has been expanding steadily northwards into Canada.
  • The inhabitants of Pannoval expanded northwards across the great plains.
  • The municipality was established as an extension of the city in 1969, after Johannesburg began to expand northwards.
  • The village has expanded northwards in modern times.
  • The range is expanding northwards, possibly due to increased availability of winter food at bird feeders.
  • The General Cemetery again expanded in the 1890s northwards.
  • In England it has been reported mostly in southern counties, but its range appears to be expanding northwards.
  • At this time people expand northwards into the Middle Lena Basin.
(13) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(14) massively, extensively
Kolokacji: 2
(15) fully, sufficiently
Kolokacji: 2
(17) horizontally, vertically
Kolokacji: 2

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