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expound

[ik-spound] / 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

Pressed by show host Amy Goodman to expound, Coogler chuckled: “Um, I’d rather not say. But the attention on this project outside of a piece of art or commerce has been interesting.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 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

Anya took a deep breath, waiting for him to expound.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Each of Ms. Pearsall’s chapters expounds on a word from the Declaration of Independence—such as “liberty,” “honor” and “happiness”—as a value that “prompted behavior among all kinds of people.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

"The Civil War was about how Ireland should conduct itself in relation to the rest of the world and in relation to the British," he expounds.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

In an interview with The Times that has been edited and condensed for clarity and space, Silverman expounds on developing this landmark episode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024

Seneca, a prominent writer of tragedies and advisor to Emperor Nero, expounds on resilience and the confrontation of adversity in his work "Letters From a Stoic."

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024

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

There’s documented marginalia and scribblings that suggest a serious reader, and anecdotes about her reciting poems at parties, reading Proust on set, and expounding on Whitman, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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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