expoundverb [ I or T ]
uk/ɪkˈspaʊnd/us/ɪkˈspaʊnd/formalto give a detailed explanation of something:
He's always expounding on what's wrong with the world.
She uses her newspaper column to expound her views on environmental issues.
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Defining & explaining
- (do you) see what I mean? idiom
- account (to sb) for sth
- accountable
- cast
- clarify
- convey
- demystify
- descriptive
- every picture tells a story idiom
- evocative
- evoke
- explicable
- explicate
- fill
- get sth across
- justify
- mean
- scene
- schematic
- that is to say ... idiom
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