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EXPANDING UPON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does expanding upon mean? 

EXPANDING UPON (noun)
  The noun EXPANDING UPON has 1 sense:

1. adding information or detailplay

  Familiarity information: EXPANDING UPON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXPANDING UPON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Adding information or detail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

expanding upon; expansion

Hypernyms ("expanding upon" is a kind of...):

increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expanding upon"):

amplification; elaboration (addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail)

annotating; annotation (the act of adding notes)

subjoining; subjunction; supplementation (the act of supplementing)


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