Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - expansive
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Expansive
expansive
1. If something is expansive, it covers or includes a large area or many things. (FORMAL) ...an expansive grassy play area... They have played an expansive style of rugby. ADJ: ADJ n 2. If you are expansive, you talk a lot, or are friendly or generous, because you are feeling happy and relaxed. He was becoming more expansive as he relaxed... ADJ • expansively ‘I’m here to make them feel good,’ he says expansively. ADV: usu ADV with v 3. If you describe something such as a period of time or an economy as expansive, you mean that it is associated with growth or expansion. An active and expansive market economy is a necessary condition for progress. ADJ: usu ADJ n
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1.
adjective Date: 1651 1. having a capacity or a tendency to expand 2. causing or tending to cause expansion 3. a. characterized by high spirits, generosity, or readiness to talk ; open grew ~ after dinner b. marked by or indicative of exaggerated euphoria and delusions of self-importance an ~ patient 4. marked by expansion; especially having a great expanse or extent ; sizable, extensive an ~ interpretation of the law 5. characterized by richness, abundance, or magnificence ~ living ~ taste • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 able or tending to expand. 2 extensive, wide-ranging. 3 (of a person, feelings, or speech) effusive, open. Derivatives expansively adv. expansiveness n. expansivity n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. экспансивный, несдержанный to be in an expansive mood —- быть в приподнятом настроении 2. открытый (о характере и т. п.) expansive smile —- широкая (располагающая) улыбка to become expansive —- начать откровенничать 3. расширяющийся, способный расширяться expansive materials —- расширяющиеся материалы 4. обширный, просторный; широкий expansive intellect —- широкий (огромный) ум expansive forehead —- высокий лоб expansive glittering lake —- огромное сверкающее озеро 5. широкий, роскошный (об образе жизни) 6. экспансионистский 7. расширительный expansive interpretation —- расширительное толкование ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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smile располагающая улыбка EXPANSIVE adj. 1) способный расширяться; расширительный 2) обширный 3) экспансивный; откровенный; открытый (о характере) - expansive smile ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 very friendly and willing to talk a lot (After a couple of drinks she suddenly became more expansive.) 2 very large and wide in area (a broad expansive valley) 3 expansive behaviour or ideas are confident but not always practical (He made an expansive gesture and said "Who cares anyway?") - expansively adv - expansiveness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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