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EXPATIATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they expatiate ... he / she / it expatiates
Past simple: expatiated
Past participle: expatiated
-ing form: expatiating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Example:
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Synonyms:
dilate; elaborate; enlarge; expand; expatiate; exposit; expound; flesh out; lucubrate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "expatiate" is one way to...):
clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expatiate"):
detail (provide details for)
exposit; expound; set forth (state)
exemplify; illustrate; instance (clarify by giving an example of)
particularise; particularize; specialise; specialize; specify (be specific about)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
They expatiate that there was a traffic accident
Derivation:
expatiation (a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail)
