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expound

[ik-spaund] / ɪkˈspaʊnd /


Usage

What are other ways to say expound? To expound is to give a methodical, detailed, scholarly explanation of something, usually Scriptures, doctrines, or philosophy: to expound the doctrine of free will. To explain is to make plain, clear, or intelligible something that is not known or understood: to explain a theory or a problem. To elucidate is to throw light on what before was dark and obscure, usually by illustration and commentary and sometimes by elaborate explanation: They asked him to elucidate his statement. To interpret is to give the meaning of something by paraphrase, by translation, or by an explanation based on personal opinion: to interpret a poem or a symbol.

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A man who was, until the early hours of Friday, a mayor hasn't had much reason to expound in public on foreign affairs, for example.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

The company is set to expound on the results at Qubits 2026, a two-day conference at the end of January.

From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026

“I therefore deprecate attempts to expound Wittgenstein’s thought as a finished thing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025

Madison that "it is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those who apply the rule to particular cases must, of necessity, expound and interpret the rule."

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2025

This is the only one of his latest ideas I can trust myself to expound, at the moment.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

It begins in a dim restaurant, glasses of wine giving off a burnished glow as the professor protagonist expounds on memory and the workings of the brain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Epictetus, another influential Stoic philosopher, expounds on the idea of authenticity and resistance to conformity in his "Discourses."

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024

“Yeah I get nerdy excited about it,” says Clarke as she expounds on the magic that happens both on and behind the stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

Lopez Obrador, who expounds on the virtues of a non-interventionist foreign policy, said his plan involves the creation of a "mediation committee" that includes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, U.N.

From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2022

He never expounds on education theory or education reform.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

In those meetings, he expounded on his pyramid of success, from team-building lessons to attention to detail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

"I'm extremely tired and I am irate that this word 'deliberate' keeps being expounded in this courtroom," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

The question of whether Native Americans were subject to United States governance was further expounded upon in 1886, with the Supreme Court ruling in United States v.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2025

She has not expounded on the comment, but has appeared to suggest that fracking can continue because other efforts can help clean up or preserve the environment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024

His system, as expounded in his thirteen-volume opus The Almagest, had much influence both in Europe and in the Islamic world, and was later adopted as dogma by the Catholic Church.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Since then, I’ve spent more than 40 years researching and expounding the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2025

Real-life sportswriters, who many no longer read, expounding real-life opinions became a novelty.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025

Tanton kindles a small fire of twigs inside a metal pitcher, while expounding for the camera about ecology and overpopulation.

From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024

“No,” Servais said, trying to be stubborn before laughing and expounding.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

Failure to contain Pauling might result in a London press conference with Linus expounding peaceful coexistence.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson


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