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[ verb ] add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

Synonyms

elaborate expound enlarge lucubrate expand flesh_out dilate expatiate

Examples

"She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

Related terms

abridge clarify exemplify set_forth specify detail amplification exposition expansion expatiation dilation expansion lucubration

2
[ verb ] state

Synonyms

set_forth expound

Examples

"set forth one's reasons"

Related terms

elaborate describe premise exposition

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Similar Spelling

expository expositive exposition ex-spouse expose exposed Esposito exposure

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