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Word entry · 7 letters

expound

Best crossword clue

"Explain in detail"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ɪkˈspaʊnd/Part of speech verbSorted denopuxStarts with EEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To explain an idea in detail.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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