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I’m doing the course to increase my job opportunities.
expand
= become (or make something become) larger in size, area or activity: ‘Metals expand
when they are heated.’ ‘Within three years this small business had expanded into a chain of
department stores.’
increase
= become (or make something become) larger in number, amount, cost, etc: ‘Sales of
new cars increased from 1.2 million in 1993 to 1.8 million in 1994.’ ‘By the year 2020 the
government aims to increase the number of secondary schools by 50%.’
2
The epidemic began to expand rapidly.
The epidemic began to spread rapidly.
When you are talking about a disease, fire, war, social problem, feeling, etc, use
spread:
‘The
army was called in to stop the riots from spreading.’ ‘Dissatisfaction with the present government
seems to be spreading.’
3
The newspapers are not allowed to expand political ideas.
The newspapers are not allowed to spread political ideas.
When you are talking about news, information, ideas, etc, use
spread:
‘Within hours the news of
the bank’s collapse had spread all over the world.’ ‘I hope you haven’t been spreading rumours.’
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