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1. (v.t.) dilate
to make wider or larger; expand:
to dilate the pupils of the eyes.
2. dilate
Archaic. to describe or develop at length.
3. (v.i.) dilate
to spread out; expand.
4. dilate
to speak or write at length; expatiate (often fol. by on or upon).
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < MF dilater, L dīlātāre to spread out)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) dilate, distend
become wider
"His pupils were dilated"
2. (verb) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
"She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) dilate
extensive; expanded
2. (verb) dilate
to expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat
3. (verb) dilate
to enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely
4. (verb) dilate
to grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions
5. (verb) dilate
to speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon
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Sense: to make or become larger
The sudden darkness made the pupils of his eyes dilate.
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 Afrikaans: vergroot |
 Arabic: يَتَوَسَّع |
 Bulgarian: разширявам |
 Brazilian: dilatar(-se) |
 Czech: rozšířit (se) |
 German: erweitern |
 Danish: udvide sig; udspile |
 Greek: διαστέλλω, διαστέλλομαι |
 Spanish: dilatar(se) |
 Estonian: laiendama, laienema |
 Farsi: فراخ شدن؛ گشاد شدن |
 Finnish: laajentua |
 French: (se) dilater |
 Hebrew: לְהַרחִיב |
 Hindi: आयतन प्रसार करना |
 Croatian: proširiti |
 Hungarian: (ki)tágul |
 Indonesian: membesar |
 Icelandic: víkka, stækka |
 Italian: dilatare, dilatarsi |
 Japanese: 広げる |
 Korean: 팽창시키다 |
 Lithuanian: iš(si)plėsti |
 Latvian: ieplest; izplest; izplest |
 Malay: membeliakkan |
 Dutch: (doen) uitzetten |
 Norwegian: utvide (seg), forstørre(s |
 Polish: rozszerzać się |
 Persian: فراخ شدن؛ گشاد شدن |
 Pashto: لويول اوږدول، پړسول (دپو |
 Portuguese: dilatar(-se) |
 Romanian: a se dilata |
 Russian: расширять(ся) |
 Slovak: rozšíríť sa |
 Slovenian: razširiti se |
 Serbian: raširiti |
 Swedish: [ut]vidga, vidga sig |
 Thai: ทำให้ใหญ่ขึ้น |
 Turkish: büyü(t)mek |
 Taiwanese: 擴大，睜大 |
 Ukrainian: розширювати(ся) |
 Urdu: پھیلانا یا پھیلنا |
 Vietnamese: mở rộng |
 Chinese: 扩大，睁大 |
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