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expound
Found in thesaurus: clear up, elucidate, clarify, exposit, elaborate, lucubrate, dilate, expound, flesh out, enlarge, expatiate, expand
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expound
v.
explain; describe in detail; comment
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expound
Verb
1. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
(synonym) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, dilate
(hypernym) clarify, clear up, elucidate
(hyponym) detail
(derivation) exponent
2. state; "set forth one's reasons"
(synonym) set forth, exposit
(hypernym) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, dilate
(hyponym) describe, depict, draw
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Expound
(v. t.)
To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.
To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.
(v. t.)
To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.
To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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expound
v. a.
بيان کرنا
see elucidate
بيان کرنا
see elucidate
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expound
Synonyms and related words:
account for, allegorize, clarify, clear up, comment, construe, crack, decipher, delineate, demonstrate, demythologize, describe, discourse, elucidate, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, express, give reason for, give the meaning, harangue, hold forth, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, lecture, make clear, make plain, moralize, point a moral, popularize, preach, present, rationalize, read a lesson, sermonize, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, spell out, state, throw light upon, unfold, unlock, unravel
account for, allegorize, clarify, clear up, comment, construe, crack, decipher, delineate, demonstrate, demythologize, describe, discourse, elucidate, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, express, give reason for, give the meaning, harangue, hold forth, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, lecture, make clear, make plain, moralize, point a moral, popularize, preach, present, rationalize, read a lesson, sermonize, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, spell out, state, throw light upon, unfold, unlock, unravel
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
