Definition

1. Verb:

   • To enlarge: To make something larger in size, scope, or capacity.
   • To extend: To cause something to cover a larger area or last for a longer time.
   • To expand: To increase in extent, number, volume, or scope.

2. Adjective (in compound forms):

   • Extended / Expanded: Describing something that has been made larger or broader.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Công ty quyết định mở rộng nhà máy. (The company decided to expand the factory.)
  • Họ muốn mở rộng con đường này. (They want to widen this road.)
  • Chúng ta cần mở rộng kiến thức. (We need to broaden our knowledge.)

Advanced Usage

• "mở rộng tầm mắt": To broaden one's horizons (literally: to widen one's eyes).

  • Du lịch giúp mở rộng tầm mắt. (Traveling helps to broaden your horizons.)

• "nghĩa mở rộng": Extended meaning.

  • Từ này có nghĩa mở rộng trong văn học. (This word has an extended meaning in literature.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự mở rộng (n): The expansion, the extension.

  • Sự mở rộng của đô thị là tất yếu. (Urban expansion is inevitable.)

• Mở mang (v): To develop, to open up (often used for knowledge, mind, or territory).

  • Mở mang kiến thức. (To broaden one's knowledge.)

Synonyms

• Enlarge: To make bigger.
• Extend: To stretch out or lengthen.
• Expand: To increase in size or scope.
• Widen: To make wider.
• Broaden: To become wider or more extensive.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Mở rộng vòng tay: To open one's arms (to welcome or embrace).

  • Thành phố mở rộng vòng tay chào đón du khách. (The city opens its arms to welcome tourists.)

• Mở rộng quan hệ: To expand relations.

  • Hai nước đang mở rộng quan hệ hợp tác. (The two countries are expanding their cooperative relations.)

1. Enlarge, extend, expand
   • Thành phố được mở rộng hơn trước nhiều
     The city has been considerably enlarged compared with before