expansive

Meanings

• adjective

  Tending to expand or spread out; extensive.

• adjective

  Providing or allowing for ample freedom or scope; generous.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with expansive
campaigns , champions , gamins , gamins , mains

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Variants

List of all variants of expansive that leads to same result
expansive , expansively , expansiveness , expansivenesses

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Forms

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The comparative form of expansive is more expansive, and the superlative form is most expansive.

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Etymology

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From Old French expansif, from expandre ‘spread out’.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'expansive' is often used in geology to describe rocks that have undergone significant volume changes due to the release of gases trapped within.

2. In mathematics, an expansive map is a continuous map between compact metric spaces that has the property that every point has a neighborhood that maps onto the entire space.

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Related Concepts

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1. Expanse: A vast, open space, particularly in the context of the universe.

2. Expansion: The act or process of expanding, or the state of being expanded.

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Culture

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In literature, 'expansive' can be used to describe a character's personality, a setting, or a theme. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the novel's title character is described as expansive, both in his hospitality and in his dreams.

How to Memorize "expansive"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize an object or concept that is expansive, such as a balloon being inflated or a map spreading out.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'expansive' with words like 'generous,' 'extensive,' and 'spread out'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Expansive: Extensive, Generous, Spread Out' to remember the definition.

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