"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
(13) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(14) massively, extensively
Kolokacji: 2
(15) fully, sufficiently
Kolokacji: 2
(17) horizontally, vertically
Kolokacji: 2
2. expand vertically = rozwiń pionowo expand vertically
  • The New Milton shop expanded vertically by building a new storey in 1969.
  • Aperture grilles do not exhibit this behavior; when the wires heat up, they expand vertically.
  • Due to the constrained nature of the site area, the volume of the house had to expand vertically thus creating a strong vertical circulation.
  • The heat of flight would have caused a smooth skin to split or curl, but the corrugated skin could expand vertically and horizontally.
  • In 1909 Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc started to expand vertically.
  • To accommodate the growing population, most of the mosques are expanding vertically.
  • Click on a category, and it expands vertically into a list of current contents.
  • Lumber that has been sawed using this method expands evenly and vertically.
  • In 2007 Touax expanded vertically into the construction of modular buildings, so that it now both builds and leases the equipment.
  • The rapid expansion of energy from the bomb caused the plane to expand vertically slightly, damaging cables to the steering and aileron controls.

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