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#box {
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: #ffcc00;
    -webkit-transition-property: width;
    -webkit-transition-duration: 1s;
    -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
    -webkit-transition-delay: 0.5s;
    transition-property: width;
    transition-duration: 1s;
    transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
    transition-delay: 0.5s;
}

#box:hover {
    width: 300px;
}

<div id="container">
    <div id="box"></div>
</div>