CONTRACTIONS Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For CONTRACTIONS
| Word | Save | Syns.. | Usage | Type | ||
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| dilation | nounn | |||||
noun • a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic • the act of expanding an aperture | ||||||
| distension | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of expanding by pressure from within • the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions | ||||||
| growth | nounn | |||||
noun • (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level • a progression from simpler to more complex forms • a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important • vegetation that has grown • the gradual beginning or coming forth • (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) • something grown or growing | ||||||
| increase | verbv | |||||
noun • a quantity that is added • a change resulting in an increase • a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important • the amount by which something increases • the act of increasing something verb • become bigger or greater in amount • make bigger or more | ||||||
| widening | verbv | |||||
noun • an increase in width • a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park • the act of making something wider | ||||||
| elongations | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being elongated • an addition to the length of something • the act of lengthening something | ||||||
| enlargements | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope • the state of being enlarged • a discussion that provides additional information • a photographic print that has been enlarged | ||||||
| expansions | ||||||
noun • the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope • a function expressed as a sum or product of terms • a discussion that provides additional information • adding information or detail | ||||||
| extensions | nounn | |||||
noun • a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt • act of expanding in scope; making more widely available • the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions • an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students • act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb • a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename • the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to • the ability to raise the working leg high in the air • amount or degree or range to which something extends • an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line • an addition to the length of something • an addition that extends a main building | ||||||
| expansion | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope • a function expressed as a sum or product of terms • a discussion that provides additional information • adding information or detail | ||||||
| dilatation | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions • the act of expanding an aperture | ||||||