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1 expand
expand [ɪk'spænd](a) (empire, army, staff) agrandir; (company, business) agrandir, développer; (chest, muscles, ideas) développer; (knowledge, influence) élargir, étendre; Physics & Building industry dilater;∎ it's an idea that could easily be expanded into a novel c'est une idée qu'on pourrait facilement développer pour en faire un roman;∎ the police force is to be expanded les effectifs de la police doivent être augmentés;∎ to expand a company into a multinational agrandir une société pour en faire une multinationale(a) (empire, army, staff) s'agrandir; (company, business) s'agrandir, se développer; (chest, muscles, market) se développer; (knowledge, influence) s'étendre, s'élargir; (gas, metal) se dilater; (volume of traffic) augmenter; (in business) se développer, s'agrandir;∎ we are looking to expand into the cosmetics industry nous envisageons de nous diversifier en nous lançant dans l'industrie des cosmétiques(b) (talk, write at greater length) préciser sa pensée;∎ could you expand? est-ce que vous pourriez préciser ce que vous voulez dire par là?(talk, write at greater length about) développer;∎ in the next chapter I shall expand further on these ideas je développerai ces idées ou je m'étendrai davantage sur ces idées au chapitre suivant -
2 expand
∎ to expand a company into a multinational agrandir une société pour en faire une multinationale(of company, business, staff, market) s'agrandir, se développer;∎ the mobile phone sector is continuing to expand le secteur des téléphones portables continue de se développer;∎ we are looking to expand into the cosmetics industry nous envisageons de nous diversifier en nous lançant dans l'industrie des cosmétiques;∎ Texaco expanded into oil production in the later part of last century Texaco s'est lancée dans la production pétrolière à la fin du siècle dernier
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