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expound
Overview of verb expound
The verb expound has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (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")
2. set forth, expound, exposit -- (state; "set forth one's reasons")
Grep of noun expound
expounder
expounding
Antonyms of verb expound
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb expound
2 senses of expound
Sense 1
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> explain, explicate
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
set forth, expound, exposit
=> elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> explain, explicate
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb expound
2 senses of expound
Sense 1
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> detail
=> set forth, expound, exposit
=> exemplify, illustrate, instance
=> specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
Sense 2
set forth, expound, exposit
=> describe, depict, draw
=> premise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb expound
2 senses of expound
Sense 1
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
Sense 2
set forth, expound, exposit
=> elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
'Cause To' of verb expound
Derived Forms of verb expound
1 of 2 senses of expound
Sense 1
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
RELATED TO>(adj) expository#1
=> expository, expositive
RELATED TO>(noun) exponent#2
=> exponent
RELATED TO>(noun) expounding#1
=> exposition, expounding
Domain of verb expound
Domain Terms of verb expound
Familiarity of verb expound
expound used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb expound
2 senses of expound
Sense 1
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
set forth, expound, exposit
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb expound
2 senses of expound
Sense 1
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
> clarify, clear up, elucidate
=> demystify
=> clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
=> elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> disambiguate
Sense 2
set forth, expound, exposit
> elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> detail
=> set forth, expound, exposit
=> exemplify, illustrate, instance
=> specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb expound
Sense 1
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
=> clarify, clear up, elucidate
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Sense 2
set forth, expound, exposit
=> elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
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Grep of verb expound
expound
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