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| VERB | 1 | dilate, distend | Become wider |
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| 2 | dilate, elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound | Add details, as to an account or idea |
| Sounds | dayley't |
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| Rhymes | abate, abbreviate, abdicate, and 537 more rhymes in eyt... |
| Meaning | Become wider. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "His pupils were dilated" |
| Synonyms | distend |
| Broader | widen |
| Nouns | dilator; dilation, dilatation; dilatation; dilator; dilator |
| Meaning | Add details, as to an account or idea. Clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound |
| Contrary | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce |
| Broader | clarify, clear up, elucidate |
| Narrower | detail; set forth, expound, exposit; exemplify, illustrate, instance; specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise |
| Nouns | dilation |
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