Meaning

4 senses
  1. Comprehensive in scope or extent.

    expansive research work

    umfangreich, umfassend

  2. Talkative and sociable.

    gesprächig, gesellig, herzlich

  3. Able to be expanded.

    expandierbar, ausdehnbar, ausdehnungsfähig

    able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion

  4. Exhibiting expansivity.

    expansiv

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I'd never seen such expansive scenery.

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  2. The window offered a beautiful view of the expansive garden behind the house.

    deVom Fenster aus bot sich ein schöner Blick auf den hinter dem Haus gelegenen weitläufigen Garten.

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  3. At sunset, she can see an expansive sky that is brilliant pink and orange.

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  4. Nadia pored over the book, enthralled by its author's expansive vocabulary and nuanced writing.

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  5. When you travel abroad, you start to feel very expansive, and it's easy to overspend in a mood like that.

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Translations

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By meaning 4
Comprehensive in scope or extent:
Talkative and sociable:
Able to be expanded:
(mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity:

Origin

From Latin expāns-, past-participle stem of expandere (“to spread out”; see expand) + -ive

From Latin expāns-, past-participle stem of expandere (“to spread out”; see expand) + -ive.

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Forms

more expansive, most expansive
Comparativemore expansive Lesson
Superlativemost expansive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • friendly and open and willing to talk:talkative
  • of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope:grandheroic

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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