expository
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From exposit(ion) + -ory.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ɛkˈspɑzəˌtɔɹi/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɛkˈspɒzɪtəɹi/, /ɛkˈspɒzɪtɹi/, /ɪkˈ-/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]expository (not comparable)
- Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
- Practicing expository writing will teach you to explain complex concepts clearly.
- 2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- The zombie scenes are reminiscent of what you might see on a show like The Walking Dead, short bursts of extreme violence and gore punctuating expository dialogue scenes where the survivors try to figure out how they’re going to get from point A to point B.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]serving to explain
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