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When small gets big and pretends it was always going to.
means The act or process of increasing in size, scope, number, or volume.
from From Latin expansio, from expandere — 'to spread out,' built from ex- ('out') plus pandere ('to spread, stretch'). That same pandere root gives English 'spread' its distant cousin 'expanse' and 'pass' — well, not pass, but definitely 'expanse.' The word has always carried that image: something folded or compact being stretched flat and wide.
- thermodynamics
- gases expand to fill any space, unlike budgets
- universe
- space itself is expanding, so your rent has company
- board games
- expansion packs exist mainly to sell you rules you already own
- waistlines
- the only expansion with its own holiday season