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Meaning of expound in English

expound
verb [ I or T ]
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/ɪkˈspaʊnd/ us
/ɪkˈspaʊnd/
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to give a detailed explanation of something:
expound on He's always expounding on what's wrong with the world.
expound a theory He likes to expound his theories about the economy, which are usually wrong.
expound your views She uses her newspaper column to expound her views on environmental issues.
Synonym
expatiate formal disapproving
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(Definition of expound from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of expound

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This mode will be expounded more clearly later when gravity is taken into account.
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In this section we explore the criteria for distinguishing the three phases and two kinds of explosive mechanism for nonlinear instabilities are expounded.
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We chronicle the historical definitions of the term ontology and expound on the value of ontology use.
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The invariance property, expounded later in the paper, keeps us in check if we intend to give cardinal interpretations.
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In addition, he begins to expound a replacement for the free-will approach.
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The book expounds this argument by tracing the history of old age as a disciplinary product.
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The main premise of the book is expounded in two major themes.
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Perceptions of kin could also be produced among monks who specialized in the same text and studied it together and cooperated to expound it.
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In addition, the approach expounded in this paper puts the adiabatic approximation into its true context.
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I do not have enough time to expound and discuss this idea, in which mathematics attains sublimity.
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Only in selected cases, and even then with little depth, are the more common technologies such as near-infrared or mid-infrared spectroscopies applied and expounded.
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The papers presented here are well written and the arguments presented are clearly expounded.
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My analysis will be based on her theory as it is expounded in this work.
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However, if one tries to expound it in greater detail, problems arise.
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These people might have been overlooked if their views had not been expounded and their influence not assessed.
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in Chinese (Traditional)
詳細解釋, 闡述, 詳細說明…
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详细解释, 阐述, 详细说明…
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exponer, explayarse…
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expor, explicar…
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açıklamak, belirtmek, ayrıntı vermek…
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expliquer, exposer…
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uiteenzetten…
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redegøre for, forklare…
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trình bày chi tiết…
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wykładać, perorować, objaśniać…
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förklara, tyda…
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menerangkan…
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erläutern…
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legge/greie ut om, utrede, fortolke…
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