Expansion and Spreading

Expansion

Expansion noun - Something added (as by growth).

Spreading and expansion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spreading" instead a noun "Expansion".

Spreading

Spreading noun - Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time.
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Synonyms for Spreading

Expansion and spreading are semantically related. You can use "Expansion" instead a noun "Spreading".

Nearby Words: spread, spreader

Both words in one sentence

  • It's a continuously built up (and spreading) structure that has recently passes Jupiter's orbit in its expansion.
    Source: World Shapes
  • In an Adaptation Expansion, the anime, has the blade begin to corrupt the ground around it as soon as it lands, spreading swiftly.
  • Utopia Justifies the Means: The Hegemony justifies its oppression of "units" and its ruthless expansion with extreme cruelty to the planets it finds on the grounds that by spreading itself it will unite all of humankind.
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