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    EXPOSIT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they exposit  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it exposits  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: exposited  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: exposited  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: expositing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writingplay

    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 "exposit" is one way to...):

    clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exposit"):

    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

    Derivation:

    exposition (an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Stateplay

    Example:

    set forth one's reasons

    Synonyms:

    exposit; expound; set forth

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "exposit" is one way to...):

    dilate; elaborate; enlarge; expand; expatiate; exposit; expound; flesh out; lucubrate (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exposit"):

    depict; describe; draw (give a description of)

    premise (set forth beforehand, often as an explanation)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

    exposition (a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic)

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