English Explanatory Dictionary

expound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
To make a statement, especially at length.

Pronunciation

/ɪkˈspaʊnd/ /ɛkˈspaʊnd/ en-us-expound.ogg En-us-expound.oga

Word forms

expound expounds expounding expounded

Etymology

From Middle English expounden, from Old French espondre, from Latin exponere. Doublet of expone and expose.

Synonyms

spell out

Related words

exponent expose exposition

Derived words

expoundable expounder misexpound unexpounded

Translations

Bulgarian: обяснявам Chinese Mandarin: 闡述 /阐述 Chinese Mandarin: 闡明 /阐明 Czech: vysvětlit Czech: vyložit Czech: vykládat Dutch: uiteenzetten Finnish: selittää French: préciser French: expliciter Georgian: განავრცობს German: erläutern German: erklären German: darlegen Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 Hindi: बखानना Hindi: बखान करना Hindi: प्रतिपादन करना Hindi: प्रतिपादित करना Hindi: बैठाना Hungarian: kifejt Ido: explikar Italian: spiegare Italian: illustrare Japanese: 詳説する Māori: whakapūaho Persian: تفصیل دادن Russian: разъясня́ть Russian: разъясни́ть Russian: растолко́вывать Russian: растолкова́ть Russian: излага́ть Russian: изложи́ть Scots: expoond Serbo-Croatian: objasniti Serbo-Croatian: izložiti Serbo-Croatian: rastumačiti Spanish: exponer Spanish: explayar Spanish: disertar Turkish: açımlamak Turkish: şerh etmek Turkish: teşrih etmek

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