expansion
Increase in size
Expansion is the act of becoming larger or more extensive, or the state that results.
A company undergoes expansion when it opens new locations.
The expansion of a gas fills available space.
Urban expansion pushes city boundaries outward.
An expansion can also be an extended version of something: The director's cut is a two-hour expansion of the original film.
In gaming, an expansion adds new content to an existing game.
Rapid increase in quantity
- enlargementIncrease in size
- increaseGrowth in amount
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- boomLoud deep sound
upsurge · multiplication · swell · augmentation · amplification · burgeoning · blossoming · spurt
Added part or duration
- supplementSomething added to complete
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- appendixSupplementary section after main text
complement · increment · insertion · integration · incorporation · accretion · addendum · adjunct
Passive molecular spreading
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- dispersionScattering across space
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
transmission · circulation · permeation · propagation · migration · contagion · broadcasting · penetration
Foreign territorial takeover
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- occupationOne's regular paid work
settlement · frontier · territory · empire · manifest destiny · colonialism · land grab · acquisition
Widening of an opening
- distensionEnlargement from pressure
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
inflation · puffing · engorgement · ballooning · widening · decompression · elasticity · extensibility
Edge of settlement
- spaceUnoccupied area or interval
- voyageJourney by sea
- discoveryAct of finding something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
pioneering · territory · mapping · navigation · surveying · prospecting · uncharted · outward
Population shift toward cities
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- innovationCreating something original
- technologyApplied scientific methods
digitization · automation · research · sustainability · commercialization · incubation · startups · gentrification
Loud deep sound
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- diversificationExpanding into varied areas
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- GDPNational output abbreviation
trade · capitalism · commerce · prosperity · fiscal policy · bull market · entrepreneurship · venture
proliferation
Rapid increase in quantity
- enlargementIncrease in size
- increaseGrowth in amount
- surgeSudden powerful increase
boom · upsurge · multiplication · swell · augmentation · amplification · burgeoning · blossoming · spurt · escalation
extension
Added part or duration
- supplementSomething added to complete
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- attachmentConnection or fondness
appendix · complement · increment · insertion · integration · incorporation · accretion · addendum · adjunct · augmentation
diffusion
Passive molecular spreading
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- dispersionScattering across space
- distributionAllocation across recipients
proliferation · transmission · circulation · permeation · propagation · migration · contagion · broadcasting · penetration · outreach
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
occupation · settlement · frontier · territory · empire · manifest destiny · colonialism · land grab · acquisition · outpost
dilation
Widening of an opening
- distensionEnlargement from pressure
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
bloating · inflation · puffing · engorgement · ballooning · widening · decompression · elasticity · extensibility · contraction
frontier
Edge of settlement
expedition · pioneering · territory · mapping · navigation · surveying · prospecting · uncharted · outward · boldly
urbanization
Population shift toward cities
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- innovationCreating something original
technology · digitization · automation · research · sustainability · commercialization · incubation · startups · gentrification · suburbanization
boom
Loud deep sound
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- diversificationExpanding into varied areas
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
GDP · trade · capitalism · commerce · prosperity · fiscal policy · bull market · entrepreneurship · venture · privatization
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- business empirestycoon, mogul, magnate, conglomerate, monopoly
- crecimientoninos
- développementevolution, amelioration, maturation, innovation, transformation
- upgradesupgrade, enhancement, boost, improvement, advancement
- buildupbuildup, accumulation, accretion, pileup, pile
expansioncontraction
Reduction in size
shrinkage · compression · shrinking · collapse · condensation
expansionreduction
Making something smaller
decrease · diminution · decline · lessening · depletion
expansioncontraction
Reduction in size
restriction · limitation · narrowing · curtailment · retrenchment
- expansion teamsClubs added to leagues
- imperial expansionExtending sovereign control abroad
- expansion jointGap permitting thermal movement
- expansion packSupplementary game content sold separately
- railroad expansionGrowth of train infrastructure
- colonial expansionExtending control over territories
expansive, expansions, expansively, expansionism, expansionist, overexpansion, expansible, expansionary, expansiveness