Exact Match:
- expatiation
- a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- dilation
collapse - the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye"
- a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic related words >
- aggrandizement,
- amplification,
- ballyhoo,
- big talk,
- bloat,
- bloatedness,
- bloating,
- blowing up,
- boil,
- bump,
- bunion,
- burlesque,
- carbuncle,
- caricature,
- corn,
- cyst,
- development,
- diastole,
- dilatation,
- distension,
- dropsy,
- edema,
- elaboration,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- exaggerating,
- exaggeration,
- excess,
- exorbitance,
- expansion,
- expatiation,
- explication,
- extravagance,
- extreme,
- flatulence,
- flatulency,
- flatus,
- furuncle,
- gassiness,
- grandiloquence,
- heightening,
- huckstering,
- hyperbole,
- hyperbolism,
- inflation,
- inordinacy,
- intumescence,
- lump,
- magnification,
- meteorism,
- overemphasis,
- overestimation,
- overkill,
- overstatement,
- pimple,
- pock,
- prodigality,
- profuseness,
- puff,
- puffery,
- puffiness,
- puffing,
- puffing up,
- pustule,
- rising,
- sebaceous cyst,
- sensationalism,
- stretching,
- superlative,
- swell,
- swellage,
- swelling,
- swollenness,
- tall talk,
- touting,
- travesty,
- tumefaction,
- tumescence,
- tumidity,
- tumidness,
- tumor,
- turgescence,
- turgescency,
- turgidity,
- turgidness,
- tympanism,
- tympany,
- unfolding,
- wen,
- windiness,
- working-out
- unfolding
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- a developmental process; "the flowering of antebellum culture" related words >
- advancing,
- amplification,
- anthesis,
- apocalypse,
- apparition,
- appearance,
- appearing,
- arising,
- avatar,
- baring,
- bloom,
- blooming,
- blossom,
- blossoming,
- blow,
- blowing,
- bradytelic,
- coming,
- coming into being,
- coming-forth,
- demonstration,
- developing,
- development,
- dilation,
- disclosing,
- disclosure,
- discovering,
- discovery,
- display,
- efflorescence,
- elaboration,
- emergence,
- enactment,
- enlargement,
- epiphany,
- evolution,
- evolutional,
- evolutionist,
- evolutionistic,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- exhibit,
- exhibition,
- expansion,
- expatiation,
- explication,
- expose,
- exposition,
- exposure,
- florescence,
- flowerage,
- flowering,
- forthcoming,
- full bloom,
- genetic,
- growth,
- horotelic,
- incarnation,
- issuance,
- laying bare,
- manifestation,
- materialization,
- materializing,
- maturational,
- maturative,
- maturing,
- occurrence,
- ontogenetic,
- opening,
- ostentation,
- patefaction,
- performance,
- phylogenetic,
- physiogenetic,
- presentation,
- presentment,
- production,
- progress,
- progressing,
- progression,
- projection,
- realization,
- removing the veil,
- representation,
- retrospective,
- revealing,
- revealment,
- revelation,
- rise,
- rising,
- show,
- showing,
- showing forth,
- showing up,
- showup,
- stripping,
- tachytelic,
- theophany,
- uncloaking,
- uncovering,
- unfoldment,
- unmasking,
- unrolling,
- unveiling,
- unwrapping,
- upgrowth,
- varnishing day,
- vernissage,
- working-out
- elaboration
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- developing in intricate and painstaking detail related words >
- accomplishment,
- adjunct,
- adornment,
- advance,
- advancement,
- amplification,
- architecture,
- arrangement,
- assembly,
- beautification,
- blossoming,
- building,
- casting,
- color,
- color patterns,
- composition,
- construction,
- conversion,
- copy,
- crafting,
- craftsmanship,
- creation,
- critique,
- cultivation,
- decor,
- decoration,
- development,
- developmental change,
- devising,
- dilation,
- dwelling upon,
- embellishment,
- emblazonment,
- emblazonry,
- embroidery,
- enlargement,
- erection,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- expansion,
- expatiation,
- explication,
- extraction,
- fabrication,
- fashioning,
- flourish,
- flower arrangement,
- flowering,
- formation,
- forming,
- formulation,
- framing,
- furniture arrangement,
- furtherance,
- garnish,
- garnishment,
- garniture,
- going over,
- gradual change,
- growing,
- growth,
- handicraft,
- handiwork,
- harvesting,
- illumination,
- iteration,
- machining,
- making,
- manufacture,
- manufacturing,
- maturation,
- milling,
- mining,
- molding,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- nonviolent change,
- ornament,
- ornamentation,
- perfection,
- practicing,
- prefabrication,
- preparation,
- processing,
- producing,
- progress,
- progression,
- raising,
- reaffirmation,
- recap,
- recapitulation,
- recital,
- recountal,
- recounting,
- refinement,
- refining,
- rehash,
- rehearsal,
- reissue,
- reiteration,
- reprint,
- restatement,
- resume,
- retelling,
- review,
- ripening,
- rise,
- seasoning,
- shaping,
- smelting,
- summary,
- summing up,
- trim,
- trimming,
- unfolding,
- window dressing,
- working-out,
- workmanship
- amplification
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- (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
- addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the sketch followed"
- the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input related words >
- access,
- accession,
- accomplishment,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accruement,
- accumulation,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- advance,
- advancement,
- aggrandizement,
- aggravation,
- ampliation,
- annoyance,
- appreciation,
- ascent,
- augmentation,
- ballooning,
- ballyhoo,
- big talk,
- bilingual text,
- bloating,
- blossoming,
- blowing up,
- boom,
- boost,
- broadening,
- buildup,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- clavis,
- contentiousness,
- crescendo,
- crib,
- decipherment,
- decoding,
- deepening,
- deliberate aggravation,
- deployment,
- deterioration,
- development,
- developmental change,
- dilatation,
- dilation,
- dispersion,
- edema,
- elaboration,
- elevation,
- embittering,
- embitterment,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- exacerbation,
- exaggerating,
- exaggeration,
- exasperation,
- excess,
- exorbitance,
- expansion,
- expatiation,
- explication,
- extension,
- extravagance,
- extreme,
- faithful translation,
- fanning out,
- flare,
- flood,
- flowering,
- free translation,
- furtherance,
- gain,
- gloss,
- glossary,
- gradual change,
- grandiloquence,
- greatening,
- growth,
- gush,
- heightening,
- hike,
- hiking,
- huckstering,
- hyperbole,
- hyperbolism,
- increase,
- increment,
- inflation,
- inordinacy,
- intensification,
- interlinear,
- interlinear translation,
- irritation,
- jump,
- key,
- leap,
- loose translation,
- magnification,
- maturation,
- metaphrase,
- mounting,
- multiplication,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- nonviolent change,
- overemphasis,
- overestimation,
- overkill,
- overstatement,
- paraphrase,
- pony,
- prodigality,
- productiveness,
- profuseness,
- progress,
- progression,
- proliferation,
- provocation,
- puffery,
- puffing up,
- raise,
- raising,
- restatement,
- rewording,
- ripening,
- rise,
- sensationalism,
- sharpening,
- snowballing,
- souring,
- splay,
- spread,
- spreading,
- stretching,
- superlative,
- surge,
- swelling,
- tall talk,
- touting,
- transcription,
- translation,
- transliteration,
- travesty,
- trot,
- tumescence,
- unfolding,
- up,
- upping,
- upsurge,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- waxing,
- widening,
- working-out,
- worsening
- enlargement
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- a photographic print that has been enlarged
- the state of being enlarged related words >
- Ditto copy,
- Photostat,
- Xerox,
- Xerox copy,
- access,
- accession,
- accomplishment,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accruement,
- accumulation,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- advance,
- advancement,
- aggrandizement,
- aggravation,
- ampliation,
- amplification,
- annoyance,
- appreciation,
- ascent,
- augmentation,
- ballooning,
- ballyhoo,
- big talk,
- bloating,
- blossoming,
- blowing up,
- blowup,
- blueprint,
- boom,
- boost,
- broadening,
- buildup,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- contact print,
- contact printing,
- contentiousness,
- crescendo,
- cyanotype,
- deepening,
- deliberate aggravation,
- deployment,
- deterioration,
- development,
- developmental change,
- dilatation,
- dilation,
- dispersion,
- edema,
- elaboration,
- elevation,
- embittering,
- embitterment,
- enhancement,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- exacerbation,
- exaggerating,
- exaggeration,
- exasperation,
- excess,
- exorbitance,
- expansion,
- expatiation,
- explication,
- extension,
- extravagance,
- extreme,
- fanning out,
- flare,
- flood,
- flowering,
- furtherance,
- gain,
- glossy,
- gradual change,
- grandiloquence,
- greatening,
- growth,
- gush,
- hectograph copy,
- heightening,
- hike,
- hiking,
- hologram,
- huckstering,
- hyperbole,
- hyperbolism,
- impress,
- impression,
- increase,
- increment,
- inflation,
- inordinacy,
- intensification,
- irritation,
- jump,
- lantern slide,
- leap,
- magnification,
- matte,
- maturation,
- microcopy,
- microprint,
- mimeograph copy,
- mounting,
- multiplication,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- negative,
- nonviolent change,
- offprint,
- overemphasis,
- overestimation,
- overkill,
- overstatement,
- photocopy,
- photograph,
- photogravure,
- photostatic copy,
- positive,
- print,
- prodigality,
- productiveness,
- profuseness,
- progress,
- progression,
- projection printing,
- proliferation,
- proof,
- provocation,
- puffery,
- puffing up,
- raise,
- raising,
- reprint,
- ripening,
- rise,
- semi-matte,
- sensationalism,
- sharpening,
- slide,
- snowballing,
- souring,
- splay,
- spread,
- spreading,
- stat,
- stretching,
- superlative,
- surge,
- swelling,
- tall talk,
- touting,
- transparency,
- travesty,
- tumescence,
- unfolding,
- up,
- upping,
- upsurge,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- waxing,
- widening,
- working-out,
- worsening
- expansion
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- the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
- adding information or detail
- a discussion that provides additional information related words >
- access,
- accession,
- accomplishment,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accruement,
- accumulation,
- acreage,
- addition,
- advance,
- advancement,
- aggrandizement,
- amplification,
- amplitude,
- appreciation,
- area,
- ascent,
- attenuation,
- augmentation,
- ballooning,
- ballyhoo,
- big talk,
- bigness,
- bloating,
- blossoming,
- blowing up,
- body,
- boom,
- boost,
- bottoming out,
- breadth,
- broadcast,
- broadcasting,
- broadening,
- buildup,
- bulk,
- burgeoning,
- burlesque,
- business cycle,
- business fluctuations,
- bust,
- caliber,
- caricature,
- circumfusion,
- continuum,
- cooling off,
- coverage,
- crescendo,
- crisis,
- depression,
- depth,
- development,
- developmental change,
- diameter,
- diffraction,
- diffusion,
- dilatation,
- dilation,
- dilution,
- dimension,
- dimensions,
- dispensation,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- dissemination,
- dissipation,
- distance,
- distension,
- distention,
- distribution,
- divergence,
- downturn,
- economic cycle,
- economic expansion,
- economic growth,
- edema,
- elaboration,
- elevation,
- emptiness,
- empty space,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- evaporation,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- exaggerating,
- exaggeration,
- excess,
- exorbitance,
- expanding economy,
- expanse,
- expatiation,
- explication,
- extension,
- extent,
- extravagance,
- extreme,
- field,
- flood,
- flourishing,
- flowering,
- fragmentation,
- furtherance,
- gain,
- galactic space,
- gauge,
- girth,
- gradual change,
- grandiloquence,
- greatening,
- greatness,
- growth,
- gush,
- height,
- heightening,
- high growth rate,
- hike,
- huckstering,
- hyperbole,
- hyperbolism,
- increase,
- increment,
- infinite space,
- inflation,
- inordinacy,
- interstellar space,
- jump,
- largeness,
- leap,
- length,
- low,
- magnification,
- magnitude,
- market expansion,
- mass,
- maturation,
- measure,
- measurement,
- mounting,
- multiplication,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- nonviolent change,
- nothingness,
- outer space,
- overemphasis,
- overestimation,
- overkill,
- overstatement,
- peak,
- peaking,
- peppering,
- prodigality,
- productiveness,
- profuseness,
- progress,
- progression,
- proliferation,
- propagation,
- proportion,
- proportions,
- prosperity,
- publication,
- puffery,
- puffing up,
- radiation,
- radius,
- raise,
- range,
- reach,
- recession,
- recovery,
- ripening,
- rise,
- scale,
- scattering,
- scatterment,
- scope,
- sensationalism,
- shotgun pattern,
- size,
- slowdown,
- slump,
- snowballing,
- sowing,
- space,
- spatial extension,
- spattering,
- sphere,
- splay,
- spread,
- spreading,
- sprinkling,
- stretch,
- stretching,
- strewing,
- superficial extension,
- superlative,
- surface,
- surge,
- swelling,
- tall talk,
- touting,
- tract,
- travesty,
- tumescence,
- unfolding,
- up,
- upping,
- upsurge,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- void,
- volatilization,
- volume,
- waxing,
- widening,
- width,
- working-out
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