verb
1. state
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set forth one's reasons
• Derivationally related forms: ↑exposition
• Hypernyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
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She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms:
↑dilation (for: ↑dilate), ↑expository (for: ↑expound), ↑exponent (for: ↑expound), ↑expounding (for: ↑expound), ↑expansion (for: ↑expand), ↑enlargement (for: ↑enlarge), ↑exposition, ↑expatiation (for: ↑expatiate), ↑lucubration (for: ↑lucubrate), ↑elaboration (for: ↑elaborate)
• Hyponyms:
↑detail, ↑set forth, ↑expound, ↑exemplify, ↑illustrate, ↑instance, ↑specify, ↑particularize, ↑particularise, ↑specialize, ↑specialise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
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Somebody ——s PP
Useful english dictionary. 2012.