Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: expound
IPA transcription: [ɪksp'aʊnd]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh_out, expand, expound, dilate
    Meaning: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
Usage examples
  • I made him talk, and got him to expound to me his ideas and plans for our future.
  • For the rest, if any one of you have further or better counsel to expound, I will listen to him with the greatest pleasure."
  • Geology, which proved that the earth was more than 6000 years old, was anathematized; archeologists had the greatest difficulty to expound the truth concerning the antiquity of the human race.
  • But Mark was come of the glittering towns Where hot white details show, Where men can number and expound, And his faith grew in a hard ground Of doubt and reason and falsehood found, Where no faith else could grow.