exposit

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verb

1. state
- set forth one's reasons
• Syn:
set forth, expound
• Derivationally related forms:
exposition
• Hypernyms:
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, enlarge, flesh out,
expand, expound, dilate
• Hyponyms:
describe, depict, draw, premise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. 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
• Syn:
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, enlarge, flesh out,
expand, expound, dilate
• Ant:
contract (for: expand)
• Derivationally related forms:
dilation (for: dilate), expository (for: expound), exponent (for: expound), expounding (for: expound), expansion (for: expand), enlargement (for: enlarge), exposition, expatiation (for: expatiate), lucubration (for: lucubrate), elaboration (for: elaborate)
• Hypernyms:
clarify, clear up, elucidate
• Hyponyms:
detail, set forth, expound, exemplify, illustrate,
instance, specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP