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Expand, means (1) v.t. spread or stretch (a thing) out. (2) become extended: spread out, unfold. (3) v.t. give full expression to. (4) v.t. widen the boundaries of, increase the area, scope etc., enlarge, dilate. (5) v.t. become grater in area, bulk, capacity etc.; become larger: increase the scope of one's activity or the scale of operations of something: take in or go into a new area of activity, New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, see also State of Gujarat v. Saurashtra Cement & Chemical Industries Ltd., (2003) 2 SCC 394.

Means to become greater or bigger in size of spread out, State of Gujarat v. Saurashtra Cement & Chemical Industries Ltd., (2003) 2 SCC 394.

Means 'tending to promote some proposed or desired object, 'fit' or 'suitable for the purpose' proper under the circumstances, Webster's Encyclopaedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language.