expound

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verb

1. add details, as to an account or idea;
clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing (Freq. 3)
- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
• Syn:
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge,
flesh out, expand, dilate
• Ant:
contract (for: expand)
• Derivationally related forms:
dilation (for: dilate), expository, exponent, expounding, expansion (for: expand), enlargement (for: enlarge), exposition (for: exposit), expatiation (for: expatiate), lucubration (for: lucubrate), elaboration (for: elaborate)
• Hypernyms:
clarify, clear up, elucidate
• Hyponyms:
detail, set forth, exposit, exemplify, illustrate,
instance, specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
2. state
- set forth one's reasons
• Syn:
set forth, exposit
• Derivationally related forms:
exposition (for: exposit)
• Hypernyms:
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge,
flesh out, expand, dilate
• Hyponyms:
describe, depict, draw, premise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  set forth, exposit, elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, enlarge, flesh out, expand, dilate
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce