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Detailed Synonyms for dilate in English

dilate:

dilate verb

  1. dilate
    – become wider 1
    distend; dilate
    – become wider 1
  2. dilate
    – add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing 1
    to elaborate; to expand; to enlarge; to expound; lucubrate; exposit; dilate; flesh out; expatiate
    – add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing 1

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Related Definitions for "dilate":

  1. become wider1
    • His pupils were dilated1
  2. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing1