expands
/ɪkˈspand/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
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ɪk - ˈspand -> expands
(v[sg]) ကျယ်ပြန့်လာ
၁။ ~ (sth) (into sth) ကြီးလာ၊ ကျယ်လာ၊ ကားလာ၊ ပြန့်လာသည်။ ယင်းသို့ဖြစ်စေသည်။ ဆန့်သည်။ စန့် သည်။ တိုးချဲ့သည်။
Metals expand when they are heated.
❍ A tyre expands when you pump air into it. ❍ His modest business eventually expanded into a supermarket empire.
❍ We have greatly expanded our foreign trade in recent years.
❍ Why don't you expand your story into a novel?
၂။ ပွင့်ကားသည်။ ပြန့်ကားသည်။
The petals of the flowers expanded in the sunshine.
❍ His face expanded in a smile of welcome. Compare CONTRACT v ၅(ခ)
၃။ ရင်းရင်းနှီးနှီးဖြစ်လာသည်။ လေပေး ဖြောင့်လာ သည်။
She expanded considerably after a glass or two of wine.
❏ expand on sth [PHRV ] ထပ်ရှင်းသည်။
You mentioned the need for extra funding. Could you expand on that?
- The water froze inside the pipe, causing it to expand and burst.
- We live in an expanding universe.
- We plan to expand the pub by adding a family room.
- Britain’s universities expanded at an unprecedented rate at the end of the 20th century.
- The rapidly expanding IT sector
- [expand into] : The group has expanded into Germany.
- The EU could be expanded to include former communist countries.
- [expand on/upon] : I refuse to expand any further on my earlier statement.
- The hawk expanded its wings and soared into the sky.
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