expanded forms
Written out fully
Expanded forms are versions of something written out more fully.
In math, an expanded form shows a number as the sum of its place values: 523 becomes 500 + 20 + 3.
In grammar, expanded forms use auxiliary verbs where contracted forms don't: I am rather than I'm, do not rather than don't.
The phrase implies spelling something out that could be compressed.
- unfoldedOpened from folds
- opened upBecame emotionally accessible
- spread outExtended over distance
- elaboratedDeveloped in greater detail
- fleshed outMade more complete
extended · amplified · blown up · place value · developed · detailed · broadened · lengthened · spelled out · written out · rephrasing · scientific notation · paraphrase · augmented · enlarged · inflated · sentence diagramming · word-for-word translation
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Shortened word forms
abbreviations · short forms · shorthand · acronyms · initialisms
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Truncated word forms
shorthand · acronyms · initialisms · truncations · symbols
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