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Meaning of "epexegesis" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EPEXEGESIS

From Greek.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF EPEXEGESIS

ɛˌpɛksɪˈdʒiːsɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPEXEGESIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epexegesis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EPEXEGESIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of epexegesis in the English dictionary

The definition of epexegesis in the dictionary is the addition of a phrase, clause, or sentence to a text to provide further explanation. Other definition of epexegesis is the phrase, clause, or sentence added for this purpose.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPEXEGESIS

algesis · anamnesis · anthesis · arthrodesis · cytokinesis · diegesis · eisegesis · electrophoresis · enuresis · erythropoiesis · exegesis · hematopoiesis · hysteresis · iontophoresis · kinesis · mimesis · periegesis · psychokinesis · telekinesis · thesis

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPEXEGESIS

epeirid · epeirogenesis · epeirogenetic · epeirogenic · epeirogenically · epeirogeny · epencephala · epencephalic · epencephalon · ependyma · ependymal · epentheses · epenthesis · epenthetic · epeolatry · epergne · epexegeses · epexegetic · epexegetical · epexegetically

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPEXEGESIS

angiogenesis · biosynthesis · carcinogenesis · chondrogenesis · dysgenesis · genesis · gluconeogenesis · hypothesis · morphogenesis · mutagenesis · Nemesis · organogenesis · osteogenesis · parenthesis · pathogenesis · PhD thesis · photosynthesis · prosthesis · synthesis · transgenesis

Synonyms and antonyms of epexegesis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epexegesis» into 25 languages

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The translations of epexegesis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epexegesis» in English.
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epexegesis
1,325 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
570 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
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epexegesis
380 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
280 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
278 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
270 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
260 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
220 millions of speakers
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Epexegesis
190 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
180 millions of speakers
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補足説明
130 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
85 millions of speakers
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Epexegesis
85 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
80 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
75 millions of speakers
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आवाहन
75 millions of speakers
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aydınlatıcı ek
70 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
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epexegesis
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epexegesis
40 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
30 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
15 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
14 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
10 millions of speakers
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epexegesis
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPEXEGESIS»

Discover the use of epexegesis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epexegesis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Ancient Critic at Work: Terms and Concepts of Literary ...
The present note ignores that difference, and it is likely that the same holds true for many of the notes where the lack of an explicit grammatical subject precludes a clear decision.26 As to the specific details of epexegesis, scholars assume that  ...
René Nünlist, 2009
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Notes on the Œdipus Tyrannus of Sophocles, Adapted to the ...
SelaavreS fl oTep{iures ;] Epexegesis of rivi rpoiru kofle'ittote ; = ir«s ?xere , ar4pfyarres, either (1) "in supplication," (as (Ed. C. 1094, orepYu SiirA5s apioyas fio\eiv,) Wunder, Dindorf, &c. : or (2) "acquiescing," Herm. : or, in the latter sense,  ...
William Basil Jones, 1862
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The Kingdom Seeker
Epexegesis. The original reason this book was started was so that all Christians, and especially the young ones, could stand instructed about some of the things that can make them fail in life. All of us would like to be successful - myself ...
Thomas Francis Adams, Tommy Adams, 2008
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The Nordic Languages 2: An International Handbook of the ...
The conscious change can also mean an addition to the old name of a new word denoting locality, so-called epexegesis (Dalberg 1991, 47 ff.). The result of epexegesis is, however, theoretically to be regarded as a new name. More unusual is ...
Oskar Bandle, Kurt Braunmuller, Ernst-Hakon Jahr, 2005
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The Conservative Reformation and Its Theology: As ...
In the epexegesis, one thing is spoken of in more than one aspect, and, hence, under more than one term. For instance, in the B phrase we have quoted: "God and our Father" means: That Being who is God, as to his nature, and Father, as to  ...
Charles Porterfield Krauth, 1872
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Aeneidea, Or, Critical, Exegetical, and Aesthetical Remarks ...
The form of epexegesis we have just been discussing, viz. that in which a single word or phrase is explained by the addition of another word or phrase coupled to it by means of the conjunction que or et, as if it were not an explanation but a ...
James Henry, 1873
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From Old Revelation to New: A Tradition-historical and ...
... after which each section receives an item or items of epexegesis (12:6, 8a, 11, 13:1, 4-6). Although each new Yahweh speech has introductory wehaya bayyom hahi't', each following section of third-person development lacks the temporal ...
Simon John De Vries, 1995
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Simons Says: Faith, Fun, and Foible : Selections from His ...
After saying that, I'm going to use the word "epexegesis" because as a writer you should know it, but not use it. Epexegesis is another fun word that only one person in a million might know. The dictionary says that it means "the addition of more ...
Leonard N. Simons, 1984
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Aeneidea
The form of epexegesis we have just been discussing, viz. that in which a single word or phrase is explained by the addition of another word or phrase coupled to it by means of the conjunction que or et, as if it were not an explanation but a ...
James Henry, John Fletcher Davies, 2013
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Industrial-Strength Formal Methods in Practice
6. Epexegesis. (67ie^r|yriai<;). —. additional. words. Formal specifications can be made intelligible and acceptable to non-technical personnel (Hall, 1990), but only provided that they are augmented with sufficient amounts of informal ...
Michael G. Hinchey, Jonathan P. Bowen, 1999
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Epexegesis [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/epexegesis>. May 2024 ».
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