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ex·pan·sive  (k-spnsv)

adj.

1. Capable of expanding or tending to expand.

2. Broad in size or extent; comprehensive: expansive police powers.

3. Open and communicative; talkative or effusive: Wine made the guest expansive.

4. Grand in scale: an expansive lifestyle.

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ex·pansive·ly adv.

ex·pansive·ness, expan·sivi·ty (kspn-sv-t) n.

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expansive [ɪkˈspænsɪv]

adj

1. able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion

2. wide; extensive

3. friendly, open, or talkative an expansive person

4. grand or extravagant an expansive way of life

5. (Psychology) Psychiatry lacking restraint in the expression of feelings, esp in having delusions of grandeur or being inclined to overvalue oneself or one's work

expansively  adv

expansiveness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	expansive - able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire" unexpansive - showing no tendency to expand; "unexpansive bodies"
	2.	expansive - of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings" grand, heroic impressive - making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony"
	3.	expansive - marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders euphoric - exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation
	4.	expansive - friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive" talkative communicatory, communicative - able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray

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expansive

adjective

1. wide, broad, extensive, spacious, sweeping an expansive grassy play area

2. comprehensive, extensive, broad, wide, widespread, wide-ranging, thorough, inclusive, far-reaching, voluminous, all-embracing the book's expansive coverage of this period

3. talkative, open, friendly, outgoing, free, easy, warm, sociable, genial, affable, communicative, effusive, garrulous, loquacious, unreserved He became more expansive as he began to relax.

Translations

expansive [ɪksˈpænsɪv] ADJ

1. (= affable) → comunicativo, sociable, expansivo(liter)
he was becoming more expansive as he relaxed → se volvía más comunicativo or sociable a medida que se relajaba
he was in an expansive mood → estaba muy comunicativo or sociable

2. (= broad) [area, room] → extenso; [view] → extenso, amplio
with an expansive gesture he indicated the wonderful view → abrió los brazos señalando la fantástica vista

3. (= expanding) [economy, phase] → expansivo

4. (Phys) → expansivo

expansive [ɪkˈspænsɪv] adj

(= broad) [area] → étendu(e)

[person] (= open) → expansif/ive
to be in expansive mood → être d'humeur joviale

(= growing) [economy] → expansif/ive

expansive

adj

(= communicative) person, mood → mitteilsam; welcome → herzlich; to be in an expansive mood → in gesprächiger Stimmung sein

(form: = broad, extensive) area, lawn → ausgedehnt; view → weit; gesture → ausladend; role → umfassend

(= expanding, growing) economy → expandierend; business → expansiv; expansive phase → Expansionsphase f; to have expansive ambitions (for something) → Expansionspläne (für etw) haben

(Phys) → expansiv

expansive [ɪksˈpænsɪv] adj (fig) (sociable) → espansivo/a (frm) (extensive) → considerevole