The meaning of EXPANDED is extended.

EXPANDED definition: increased in area, bulk, or volume; enlarged. See examples of expanded used in a sentence.

The air in the balloon expands when heated. They expanded their retail operations during the 1980s.

1. To increase the size, volume, quantity, or scope of; enlarge: expanded her store by adding a second room. See Synonyms at increase. 2. To express at length or in detail; enlarge on: …

to increase in extent, size, scope, or volume: [no object] The balloon expanded until it burst. [~ + object] The heat expanded the metal. spread (out): [no object] The snake expanded to its full …

Definition of expand verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] to become greater in size, number or importance; to make something greater in size, number …

He has expanded his business to serve the entire state. There are plans to expand the airport. The police have decided to expand their investigation.

The universe has vastly expanded since these early galaxies formed, so they are all very far away.

Something that is expanded has been increased in size. For example, an expanded edition DVD has many more special features than the standard edition.

Synonyms for EXPANDED: blown up, distended, blown, swollen, ballooned, puffed, dilated, turgid; Antonyms of EXPANDED: collapsed, deflated, detumescent, shortened, condensed, …