Meaning ofexpandin English

Verb

1. to increase extent or scope
   The company will expand its operations to Asia next year.
2. to change to a larger size; spread out
   The balloon will expand when you blow air into it.
3. to express something at length; in detail
   She likes to expand on her ideas and explain them in detail.
4. to show subentries in a list
   You can expand the folder to view all the subfiles.
5. to rewrite an expression as a longer equivalent sum
   The mathematician will expand the equation to simplify the calculation.