Is there an antonym for "abbreviate"?

[nq:1]Hello, Sometimes I need to indicate that a certain abbreviation or acronym needs to be "unravelled". Is there a one-word antonym to abbreviate? I consulted with my thesaurus but found nothing satisfactory.[/nq]
To go from an abbreviation to a full form, you "expand" the abbreviation.
Gary

[nq:1]Hello, Sometimes I need to indicate that a certain abbreviation or acronym needs to be "unravelled". Is there a one-word antonym to abbreviate? I consulted with my thesaurus but found nothing satisfactory.[/nq]
I wouls "expand" an abbreviation or acronym, eg,
"FBI" expands (in)to "Federal Bureau of Investigation".

Jack Gavin

} Sometimes I need to indicate that a certain abbreviation or acronym } needs to be "unravelled".
} Is there a one-word antonym to abbreviate?
} I consulted with my thesaurus but found nothing satisfactory.

"Expand".

R. J. Valentine

[nq:1]Hello, Sometimes I need to indicate that a certain abbreviation or acronym needs to be "unravelled". Is there a one-word antonym to abbreviate? I consulted with my thesaurus but found nothing satisfactory.[/nq]
To "walker" or "walkerize."(*)

(*) Derived from Wordy (but cordial) Eric Walker, who can expand a six-word sentence into a 250-line hebephrenic deluge of words.

[nq:1]Is there a one-word antonym to abbreviate?[/nq]
"Elongate".

Stefano
http://www.steve-and-pattie.com/esperantujo

D.J. Kim:
[nq:2]Is there a one-word antonym to abbreviate?[/nq]
Stefano MacGregor:
[nq:1]"Elongate".[/nq]
I have never seen this used in the sense D.J. was asking for. "Expand", yes. "Write it out in full" or similar expressions are probably more common, but D.J. asked for a single word.

Mark Brader, Toronto (require 'msb) (Email Removed) Lars Lindberg

[nq:1]D.J. Kim: Stefano MacGregor:[/nq]
[nq:2]"Elongate".[/nq]
[nq:1]I have never seen this used in the sense D.J. was asking for. "Expand", yes. "Write it out in full" or similar expressions are probably more common,[/nq]
What about "spell out"? Is it appropriate in this case (writing)? Or it applies only when one recites each letter of a word?

Mark Brader filted:
[nq:1]D.J. Kim: Stefano MacGregor:[/nq]
[nq:2]"Elongate".[/nq]
[nq:1]I have never seen this used in the sense D.J. was asking for. "Expand", yes. "Write it out in full" or similar expressions are probably more common, but D.J. asked for a single word.[/nq]
In that case, who's for "elaborate"?...r

While it was 28/1/04 1:02 am throughout the UK, R H Draney sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus:
[nq:2]I have never seen this used in the sense D.J. ... probably more common, but D.J. asked for a single word.[/nq]
I'd be inclined towards "expand". At least it's a fairly short word compared to "abbreviate".
[nq:1]In that case, who's for "elaborate"?...r[/nq]

[nq:2]D.J. Kim: Stefano MacGregor: I have never seen this used ... out in full" or similar expressions are probably more common,[/nq]
[nq:1]What about "spell out"? Is it appropriate in this case (writing)? Or it applies only when one recites each letter of a word?[/nq]
I believe I've seen "spell out" in this sense. Also for "seventeen" versus "17".

Jerry Friedman