Expound
verb
To explain in detail.
The professor will expound upon the topic in tomorrow's lecture
Often appears as...
- expound on
- expound upon
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To explain in detail.
The professor will expound upon the topic in tomorrow's lecture
Often appears as...
- expound on
- expound upon
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Tone
Used in formal or educational settings, not casual conversations.
The scholar will expound his findings in the upcoming seminar.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Basics
Involves providing more details or clarity on a complex topic.
She will expound the intricacies of the legal system at the workshop.
Pro Tip 3/3Thoughtful Speech
Suggests a well-thought-out explanation, not a quick answer.
He took a moment to expound his stance on the matter.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Tone
Used in formal or educational settings, not casual conversations.
The scholar will expound his findings in the upcoming seminar.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Basics
Involves providing more details or clarity on a complex topic.
She will expound the intricacies of the legal system at the workshop.
Pro Tip 3/3Thoughtful Speech
Suggests a well-thought-out explanation, not a quick answer.
He took a moment to expound his stance on the matter.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Tone
Used in formal or educational settings, not casual conversations.
The scholar will expound his findings in the upcoming seminar.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Basics
Involves providing more details or clarity on a complex topic.
She will expound the intricacies of the legal system at the workshop.
Pro Tip 3/3Thoughtful Speech
Suggests a well-thought-out explanation, not a quick answer.
He took a moment to expound his stance on the matter.
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Why should you read...
he expounded on his belief that utopian Western philosophies could never satisfy the contradictory yearnings of the human soul. "Crime and Punishment" was conceived and completed the following year, picking up on many of the same themes. In many ways, the novel follows a common narrative thread
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Michael Hansmeyer:...
So that means that surfaces can intersect themselves, they can become impossibly small. We can make folds that we otherwise could not make. Surfaces can become porous. They can stretch. They can tear. And all of this expounds the scope of forms that we can produce.
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Why should you read...
he expounded on his belief that utopian Western philosophies could never satisfy the contradictory yearnings of the human soul. "Crime and Punishment" was conceived and completed the following year, picking up on many of the same themes. In many ways, the novel follows a common narrative thread
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Michael Hansmeyer:...
So that means that surfaces can intersect themselves, they can become impossibly small. We can make folds that we otherwise could not make. Surfaces can become porous. They can stretch. They can tear. And all of this expounds the scope of forms that we can produce.
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Ada Lovelace
English Mathematician
I wish to add my mite towards expounding & interpreting the Almighty, & his laws & works, for the most effective use of mankind; and certainly, I should feel it no small glory if I were enabled to be one of his most noted prophets (using this word in my own peculiar sense) in this world.
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Patti Davis
American Celebrity
When my father, Ronald Reagan, was running for president in 1980, my mother, Nancy, traveled with him on the campaign trail, but she did not give speeches or even many interviews. She never stood in front of a group of reporters and expounded on her views and opinions.
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Fred MacMurray
I never went to acting school; when someone expounds on motivation and all that stuff, I don't understand it. I was just lucky to be able to do what I did. When I started, people said I was very natural, which I guess is difficult for a lot of people to be.
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Iliza Shlesinger
American Comedian
I don't write anything. It's all done onstage, which is why I always tell younger comics that they just have to go do it. You have to get up, talk, and take a thought or a word and just expound, and you find it in there. I don't sit down and write.
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Daniel Bryan
American Wrestler
My health is 100% more important than coming back to wrestling. Being a good father is more important than going out there and expounding on my belief that doing more hammerlocks in wrestling is good for the business!
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Max Bill
Swiss Architect
Thus, the more succinctly a train of thought was expounded, and the more comprehensive the unity of its basic idea, the closer it would approximate to the prerequisites of the mathematical way of thinking.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
In romance, we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship, we tend to do the opposite, avoiding confrontation through fear, lethargy or both.
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Bernard Williams
English Philosopher
Tragedy is formed 'round ideas it does not expound, and to understand its history is, in some part, to understand those ideas and their place in the society that produced it.
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Rumi
Poet
However much I might try to expound or explain Love, when I come to Love itself, I am ashamed of my explanations... Love alone can explain the mysteries of love and lovers.
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Chance The Rapper
American Musician
When I write, I work off of a theme, an emotion, a narrative - thinking of it and then expounding on it.
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Ada Lovelace
English Mathematician
I wish to add my mite towards expounding & interpreting the Almighty, & his laws & works, for the most effective use of mankind; and certainly, I should feel it no small glory if I were enabled to be one of his most noted prophets (using this word in my own peculiar sense) in this world.
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Patti Davis
American Celebrity
When my father, Ronald Reagan, was running for president in 1980, my mother, Nancy, traveled with him on the campaign trail, but she did not give speeches or even many interviews. She never stood in front of a group of reporters and expounded on her views and opinions.
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Fred MacMurray
I never went to acting school; when someone expounds on motivation and all that stuff, I don't understand it. I was just lucky to be able to do what I did. When I started, people said I was very natural, which I guess is difficult for a lot of people to be.
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Iliza Shlesinger
American Comedian
I don't write anything. It's all done onstage, which is why I always tell younger comics that they just have to go do it. You have to get up, talk, and take a thought or a word and just expound, and you find it in there. I don't sit down and write.
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Daniel Bryan
American Wrestler
My health is 100% more important than coming back to wrestling. Being a good father is more important than going out there and expounding on my belief that doing more hammerlocks in wrestling is good for the business!
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Max Bill
Swiss Architect
Thus, the more succinctly a train of thought was expounded, and the more comprehensive the unity of its basic idea, the closer it would approximate to the prerequisites of the mathematical way of thinking.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
In romance, we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship, we tend to do the opposite, avoiding confrontation through fear, lethargy or both.
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Bernard Williams
English Philosopher
Tragedy is formed 'round ideas it does not expound, and to understand its history is, in some part, to understand those ideas and their place in the society that produced it.
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Rumi
Poet
However much I might try to expound or explain Love, when I come to Love itself, I am ashamed of my explanations... Love alone can explain the mysteries of love and lovers.
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Chance The Rapper
American Musician
When I write, I work off of a theme, an emotion, a narrative - thinking of it and then expounding on it.
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