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拡大 — meaning in English

kakudai

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English meaning

  • enlarge verb To make something bigger, or to become bigger.
  • escalation noun A rapid increase in the size, intensity, or seriousness of something.
  • expand verb To make something bigger in size, scope, or amount.
  • expansion noun An act, process, or instance of expanding.
  • extension noun An extra part added to something to make it larger or longer, or an extra period of time granted beyond an original deadline.
  • magnify verb To make something look bigger, usually with a lens, microscope, or similar device.

Senses

拡大 is used for these senses in English:

  • enlarge (transitive) To make (something) larger.
  • escalation A deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict.
  • expand (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
  • expand (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
  • expand (intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.
  • expansion An act, process, or instance of expanding.
  • extension (ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
  • magnify (transitive) To make (something) larger or more important. [from 14th c.]

enlarge — full definition

  1. verb To make something bigger, or to become bigger.
  2. verb To speak or write about a subject at greater length.

escalation — full definition

  1. noun A rapid increase in the size, intensity, or seriousness of something.
  2. noun The act of passing a problem to someone with greater authority to resolve it.

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