Expand and Slowing

Expand

Expand verb - To express more fully and in greater detail.

Slowing is an antonym for expand.

Slowing

Slowing noun - A decrease in rate of change.

Expand is an antonym for slowing in delay topic.

Nearby Words: slow, slowness, slowed

Both words in one sentence

  • Never My Fault Here's a concrete example of the above: in one story, Scrooge notices that his business is slowing down... because Scrooge already produces everything and there are no markets to expand into.
  • Star Killing Upon the initial boost in fusion, the star would expand, slowing down the fusion reaction.
    Source: Star Killing
  • Video Game / Civilization Building Settlers to found new cities and expand your civ's potential for long-term growth has always involved slowing or stopping your cities' natural population growth in some fashion or another.
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