expound
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English expounden, from Old French espondre, from Latin exponere. Doublet of expone and expose.
Inflected forms:
form: expounds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: expounding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: expounded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: expounded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Today I'll expound at length the theory propounded last week.
“[…] Some day, when you are tired of London, come down to Treadley, and expound to me your philosophy of pleasure over some admirable Burgundy I am fortunate enough to possess.”
Ramus, fascinated by Plato and by the dialogues in which Socrates expounds his ideas with as much simplicity as freedom, endeavoured to Socratise in his turn.
The impossibility of explaining the Stern-Gerlach result is what he and Ehrenfest tried to show with their “little calculation”. This joint paper had a markedly Ehrenfestian character, as in it, after expounding several arguments, the issue remains open.
gloss: To make a statement, especially at length.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He expounded often on the dangers of the imperial presidency.
Fowler was also interested in metallurgy and the use of new materials that could withstand greater stresses, something he expounded on when giving his presidential address to the new Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1927.
Related words: exponent
expose
exposition
Derived words: expoundable
expounder
misexpound
unexpounded
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: обяснявам
roman: objasnjavam
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 闡述 /阐述
roman: chǎnshù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 闡明 /阐明
roman: chǎnmíng
lang: Czech
word: vysvětlit
lang: Czech
word: vyložit
lang: Czech
word: vykládat
lang: Dutch
word: uiteenzetten
lang: Finnish
word: selittää
lang: French
word: préciser
lang: French
word: expliciter
lang: Georgian
word: განავრცობს
roman: ganavrcobs
lang: German
word: erläutern
lang: German
word: erklären
lang: German
word: darlegen
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽
roman: insakan
lang: Hindi
word: बखानना
roman: bakhānnā
lang: Hindi
word: बखान करना
roman: bakhān karnā
lang: Hindi
word: प्रतिपादन करना
roman: pratipādan karnā
lang: Hindi
word: प्रतिपादित करना
roman: pratipādit karnā
lang: Hindi
word: बैठाना
roman: baiṭhānā
lang: Hungarian
word: kifejt
lang: Ido
word: explikar
lang: Italian
word: spiegare
lang: Italian
word: illustrare
lang: Japanese
word: 詳説する
roman: shōsetsu suru
lang: Māori
word: whakapūaho
lang: Persian
word: تفصیل دادن
roman: tafsil dâdan
lang: Russian
word: разъясня́ть
roman: razʺjasnjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: разъясни́ть
roman: razʺjasnítʹ
lang: Russian
word: растолко́вывать
roman: rastolkóvyvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: растолкова́ть
roman: rastolkovátʹ
lang: Russian
word: излага́ть
roman: izlagátʹ
lang: Russian
word: изложи́ть
roman: izložítʹ
lang: Scots
word: expoond
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: objasniti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: izložiti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rastumačiti
lang: Spanish
word: exponer
lang: Spanish
word: explayar
lang: Spanish
word: disertar
lang: Turkish
word: açımlamak
lang: Turkish
word: şerh etmek
lang: Turkish
word: teşrih etmek