expansive

[ ik-span-siv ]

/ ɪkˈspæn sɪv /

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adjective

having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive: expansive mountain scenery.

(of a person's character or speech) effusive, unrestrained, free, or open: Our expansive host welcomed us warmly.

tending to expand or capable of expanding.

causing expansion: the expansive force of heat.

working by expansion, as an engine.

Psychiatry. marked by an abnormal euphoric state and by delusions of grandeur.

OTHER WORDS FOR expansive

2 sociable, extroverted, outgoing, genial, unreserved; gushy, gushing,

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Origin of expansive

First recorded in 1645–55; expans(ion) + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM expansive

ex·pan·sive·ly, adverbex·pan·sive·ness, nounnon·ex·pan·sive, adjectivenon·ex·pan·sive·ness, noun

o·ver·ex·pan·sive, adjectiveo·ver·ex·pan·sive·ness, nounun·ex·pan·sive, adjectiveun·ex·pan·sive·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH expansive

expansive , expensive

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How to use expansive in a sentence

Credit reports aren’t new, but these days their footprint is far more expansive.
The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty|Karen Hao|December 4, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Portland passes expansive city ban on facial recognition techThe one thing the EO does in fact do is compel each agency to produce a list of all the uses to which it is putting AI, however it may be defined.
WH’s AI EO is BS|Devin Coldewey|December 4, 2020|TechCrunch
Hurley and Behnken were flying aboard the Crew Dragon—SpaceX’s 21st century spaceflight system, replete with expansive touch screens and the ability to reach the ISS with no input from its pilots.
The 100 greatest innovations of 2020|Popular Science Staff|December 2, 2020|Popular-Science
Indeed, retailers like Target, Best Buy, and Walmart are banking on their expansive curbside pickup set-up to save on shipping costs, provide online shoppers with additional options, and offer customers more certainty about getting their items.
Cyber Monday sales could hit a record $12.7 billion. Can retailers handle the surge?|Phil Wahba|November 30, 2020|Fortune

To recap from the short version, Castle and his team faced a series of very high technological hurdles in bringing the dark and expansive world of future Los Angeles to the small screen.
An extended Blade Runner interview with Westwood co-founder Louis Castle|Lee Hutchinson|November 30, 2020|Ars Technica
Mina marked the change in him—the new expansiveness, the new appeal for sympathy.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
This has been shown by some pregnant words, spoken by Brahmans on their rare occasions of friendly expansiveness.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan|Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
Her mistress had a certain masculine roughness of demeanor which repelled expansiveness.
Germinie Lacerteux|Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
Tom's smile matched the genial expansiveness of the president's.
The Quickening|Francis Lynde
Unfortunately, very few understand this childlike expansiveness when they see it.
The Girl of the Period and Other Social Essays, Vol. I (of 2)|Eliza Lynn Linton

British Dictionary definitions for expansive

expansive

/ (ɪkˈspænsɪv) /

adjective

able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion

wide; extensive

friendly, open, or talkativean expansive person

grand or extravagantan expansive way of life

psychiatry lacking restraint in the expression of feelings, esp in having delusions of grandeur or being inclined to overvalue oneself or one's work

Derived forms of expansive

expansively, adverbexpansiveness, noun

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