B2 to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way:
They expanded their retail operations during the 1980s.
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- I don't think we should expand our business in the current economic climate.
- In their second album, the band tried to expand their stylistic range.
- The college is not able to expand because of restrictive planning laws.
- Their economy has expanded enormously, while ours, by contrast, has declined.
- In their efforts to reduce crime the government expanded the police force.
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