The meaning of EXPANSIVE is having a capacity or a tendency to expand. How to use expansive in a sentence.

EXPANSIVE definition: 1. very happy to talk to people in a friendly way: 2. covering a large area: 3. very happy to…. Learn more.

Definition of expansive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. having a wide range or extent; extensive. 2. cordially welcoming; effusive: an expansive host. 3. tending to expand or capable of expanding. 4. causing expansion: the expansive force of heat.

If you are expansive, you talk a lot, or are friendly or generous, because you are feeling happy and relaxed. He was becoming more expansive as he relaxed. The premier was in expansive …

having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive: expansive mountain scenery. (of a person's character or speech) effusive, unrestrained, free, or open: Our expansive host …

Factsheet What does the adjective expansive mean? There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective expansive. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation …

1. Capable of expanding or tending to expand. 2. Broad in size or extent; comprehensive: expansive police powers. 3. Open and communicative; talkative or effusive: Wine made the …

EXPANSIVE definition: having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive. See examples of expansive used in a sentence.

Embracing a large number of objects or particulars; wide-extending; comprehensive: as, expansive benevolence; an expansive outlook. Comprehensive in feeling or action; …