Expanded and Opened

Expanded

Expanded adjective - Increased in extent or size or bulk or scope.

Opened and expanded are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Opened" instead a verb "Expanded".

Opened

Opened adjective - Not sealed or having been unsealed.

Expanded and opened are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expanded" instead a verb "Opened".

Nearby Words: open, opening, opener

Both words in one sentence

  • However, it's somehow getting re-opened and expanded.
  • Abandoned Hospital Opened in 1885 as the new location of the Riverside Hospital, itself founded in the 1850s to treat smallpox and being expanded to other quarentinable diseases.
  • The Expanded Universe mentions that, during the Earth-Minbari War, Earth Alliance found a way to create areas where jump points can't be opened.
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