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EXPOUND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

Example:

She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation

Synonyms:

dilate; elaborate; enlarge; expand; expatiate; exposit; expound; flesh out; lucubrate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "expound" is one way to...):

clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expound"):

detail (provide details for)

exposit; expound; set forth (state)

exemplify; illustrate; instance (clarify by giving an example of)

particularise; particularize; specialise; specialize; specify (be specific about)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

exponent (someone who expounds and interprets or explains)

expository (serving to expound or set forth)

expounding (a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

State

Example:

set forth one's reasons

Synonyms:

exposit; expound; set forth

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "expound" is one way to...):

dilate; elaborate; enlarge; expand; expatiate; exposit; expound; flesh out; lucubrate (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expound"):

depict; describe; draw (give a description of)

premise (set forth beforehand, often as an explanation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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