expound

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪkˈspaʊnd/, SAMPA: /Ik"spaUnd/

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• Rhymes: -aʊnd

Verb

expound (third-person singular simple present expounds, present participle expounding, simple past and past participle expounded)

1. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.
2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length; to clear of obscurity; to interpret.

   The role of some religious leaders is to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.

Related terms

• exponent
• expose
• exposition

Translations

expose

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Finnish: paljastaa (fi) German: auslegen (de)

explain or discuss at length

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: selittää (fi) Scots: expoond

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Greek: ερμηνεύω (el) (erminevo)

Kurdish: şirove kirin, îzah kirin, fesîh kirin, zelal kirin, ron kirin, şayesandin, şayes kirin, şayes dan, sêwer kirin, bas kirin, qal kirin, vegotin, derbirin, wesf dan, saloxandin, salox kirin, teswîr kirin, tesewir kirin Turkish: açımlamak

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.