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The definition of expansive is taking up or covering a wide area or space, or open and inclusive.

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A vast open landscape is an example of an expansive area.
A club that lets everyone in and is open to hearing all ideas is an example of a club that has an expansive mission.

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See expansive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

tending or being able to expand
of, or working by means of, expansion
widely extended; broad; extensive; comprehensive
characterized by a free and generous nature; sympathetic; demonstrative; open: an expansive person
Psychiatry in or of a state characterized by overestimation of oneself, overgenerosity, euphoria, and, at times, delusions of grandeur

Origin: < L expansus (see expanse) + -ive

Related Forms:

expansively adverb
expansiveness noun or expansivity

See expansive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Capable of expanding or tending to expand.
Broad in size or extent; comprehensive: expansive police powers.
Open and communicative; talkative or effusive: Wine made the guest expansive.
Grand in scale: an expansive lifestyle.

Related Forms:

ex·panˈsive·ly adverb

ex·panˈsive·ness, exˌpan·sivˈi·ty (ĕkˌspăn-sĭvˈĭ-tē) noun

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