"expansive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪkˈspænsɪv/ Forms: more expansive [comparative], most expansive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪv Etymology: From Latin expāns-, past-participle stem of expandere (“to spread out”; see expand) + -ive. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la||expāns-}} Latin expāns-, {{suffix|en||ive}} + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} expansive (comparative more expansive, superlative most expansive)
  1. Comprehensive in scope or extent. Translations (Comprehensive in scope or extent): обширен (obširen) (Bulgarian), просторен (prostoren) (Bulgarian), omvattend (Dutch), umfangreich (German), umfassend (German), lātus (Latin), पृथु (pṛthú) (Sanskrit), opširan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), omfattande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-expansive-en-adj-twmFUtin Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 39 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 18 22 29 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 20 29 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 22 29 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 21 31 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 28 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 23 26 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 23 26 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 28 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 24 25 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 24 26 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 21 24 26 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 28 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 21 26 25 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 20 27 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 22 27 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 28 26 26 Disambiguation of 'Comprehensive in scope or extent': 96 1 1 2
  2. Talkative and sociable. Categories (topical): Talking Translations (Talkative and sociable): gesprächig (German), gesellig (German), herzlich (German), beredt (German), mitteilsam (German), freundlich (German), expansivo (Portuguese), expansivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-expansive-en-adj-LdT6JEoh Disambiguation of Talking: 15 41 22 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 39 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 18 22 29 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 20 29 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 22 29 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 21 31 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 28 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 23 26 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 23 26 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 28 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 24 25 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 24 26 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 21 24 26 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 28 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 21 26 25 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 20 27 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 22 27 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 28 26 26 Disambiguation of 'Talkative and sociable': 1 98 1 0
  3. Able to be expanded. Translations (Able to be expanded): разширяем (razširjaem) (Bulgarian), expansible (French), expansíbel (Galician), expansible (Galician), expandierbar (english: expandable) (German), ausdehnbar (German), ausdehnungsfähig (German), espansibile (Italian), espandibile (Italian), proširiv [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), expansible (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-expansive-en-adj-4iYAxC8c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 39 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 18 22 29 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 20 29 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 22 29 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 21 31 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 28 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 23 26 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 23 26 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 28 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 24 25 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 24 26 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 21 24 26 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 28 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 21 26 25 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 20 27 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 22 27 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 28 26 26 Disambiguation of 'Able to be expanded': 2 1 93 4
  4. (mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations ((mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity): expansiv (German), espansivo [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-expansive-en-adj-yvlFKtTm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 12 39 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 18 22 29 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 20 29 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 20 22 29 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 21 31 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 28 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 23 26 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 23 26 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 28 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 24 25 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 24 26 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 21 24 26 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 28 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 21 26 25 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 20 27 26 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 22 27 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 28 26 26 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of '(mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity': 4 1 9 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: expansively, expansiveness, expansivist, gender-expansive, hyperexpansive, nonexpansive, overexpansive, unexpansive
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