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PRONUNCIATION OF EXPATIATORY

expatiatory  [ɪkˈspeɪʃɪətərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPATIATORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Expatiatory is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EXPATIATORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Verbosity

Verbosity is speech or writing which is deemed to use an excess of words. The opposite of verbosity is succinctness, which can be found in plain language, and laconism. Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn writers not to be verbose. Similarly, some authors, including Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, use a succinct style and avoid verbosity. Synonyms for verbosity include wordiness, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, and logorrhea. Corresponding adjectival forms are verbose, wordy, prolix, grandiloquent, garrulous, and logorrheic. Examples of verbosity are common in political speech, academic prose, and other genres.

Definition of expatiatory in the English dictionary

The definition of expatiatory in the dictionary is relating to or characterized by expatiation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPATIATORY


aleatory
ˈeɪlɪətərɪ
annunciatory
əˈnʌnsɪətərɪ
appreciatory
əˈpriːʃɪətərɪ
associatory
əˈsəʊsɪətərɪ
calumniatory
kəˈlʌmnɪətərɪ
depreciatory
dɪˈpriːʃɪətərɪ
dietary
ˈdaɪətərɪ
enunciatory
ɪˈnʌnsɪətərɪ
expiatory
ˈɛkspɪətərɪ
humiliatory
hjuːˈmɪlɪətərɪ
mediatory
ˈmiːdɪətərɪ
negotiatory
nɪˈɡəʊʃɪətərɪ
nonproprietary
ˌnɒnprəˈpraɪətərɪ
palliatory
ˈpælɪətərɪ
propitiatory
prəˈpɪʃɪətərɪ
radiatory
ˈreɪdɪətərɪ
reconciliatory
ˌrɛkənˈsɪlɪətərɪ
renunciatory
rɪˈnʌnsɪətərɪ
retaliatory
rɪˈtælɪətərɪ
unconciliatory
ˌʌnkənˈsɪlɪətərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPATIATORY

expansion joint
expansion slot
expansion tank
expansional
expansionary
expansionism
expansionist
expansionistic
expansive
expansively
expansiveness
expansivity
expat
expatiate
expatiation
expatiative
expatiator
expatriate
expatriation
expatriatism

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPATIATORY

ambulatory
anti-inflammatory
circulatory
conservatory
defamatory
derogatory
directory
discriminatory
explanatory
exploratory
inflammatory
laboratory
mandatory
obligatory
observatory
oscillatory
participatory
predatory
preparatory
regulatory
respiratory

Synonyms and antonyms of expatiatory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «expatiatory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXPATIATORY

Find out the translation of expatiatory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of expatiatory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «expatiatory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

详述
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

expatiatory
570 millions of speakers

English

expatiatory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

expatiatory
380 millions of speakers
ar

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expatiatory
280 millions of speakers

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expatiatory
278 millions of speakers

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expatiatory
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

expatiatory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

expatiatory
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ekspatriat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

expatiatory
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

expatiatory
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

expatiatory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Expatiatory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

expatiatory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

expatiatory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॉस्पिटल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

expatiatory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

expatiatory
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

expatiatory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

expatiatory
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

expatiatory
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

expatiatory
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

expatiatory
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

expatiatory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

expatiatory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of expatiatory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPATIATORY»

The term «expatiatory» is barely ever used and occupies the 207.528 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPATIATORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «expatiatory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «expatiatory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about expatiatory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPATIATORY»

Discover the use of expatiatory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to expatiatory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Critical, Expatiatory, and Interesting Address to a ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
BiblioBazaar, Multiple Contributors, 2010
2
Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review
But his becoming thus bodily dead and powerless was not more certainly the effect of his penal, vicarious, expatiatory sufferings than the second circumstance here mentioned, his ' being quickened in the Spirit.' If this refer to his resurrection,  ...
3
History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature: ...
Chapter V POST-SVETASVATARA THOUGHT-FERMENT EKAYANA, KHILA AND OTHER EXPATIATORY LITERATURE AFTER the Theistic orientation given to the philosophy of the Upanisads in the Svetaivatara, it was natural to expect a  ...
B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma, 2000
4
The Monthly Review
On this occasion, h0Wever, we meet with less of questionable proposition and crude inquiry: the method adopted in the com: position is more circumspect, compre ensive, and expatiatory; and the way is broader, more heat , less rugged, and ...
Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, 1816
5
The Monthly Repertory of English Literature
'Cdnbifiutions to English Synonymy; if: ' breit is a nbun of number; flocks' of hundred brood : it is probably connected 'etymologically with to breed; meant at first, numerous by breeding, and, in consequence of the expatiatory tendency of cattle, ...
6
Shadow of Spirit: Postmodernism and Religion
Since the original, lyrical title with its academic and expatiatory subtitle resonates with the imbedded ethos of postmodernity, they warrant an initial consideration. What do they give us to work with? First, the SHADOW: the shadow of spirit – not  ...
Philippa Berry, Andrew Wernick, 2006
7
Hegel
In the final Berne Fragments Hegel attacks the very heart of Christian ethics, its doctrine of eternal salvation. This doctrine makes the condition of salvation beliefin Christ and his expatiatory death (BF I, 90/62). Hegel contends that the real ...
Frederick Beiser, 2005
8
A Question of Syllables: Essays in Nineteenth-Century French ...
Sometim~ment is predominantly expatiatory and discursive leg. Chapter 2), sometimes more rigorous and clinical (e.g. Chapter 3), sometimes a blend of the two; I have not combated these variations in focus and pace, partly because the ...
Clive Scott, 1986
9
The Criticism of Henry Fielding (Routledge Revivals)
1 A Critical, Expatiatory and InterestingAddress to a certain Right Honourable Apostate on his present unaccountable conduct at this criticaljuncture (1747), published by H.Carpenter, dedicated to the Earl of Chesterfield and directed against ...
Ioan Williams, 2011
10
Swallow Barn, Or, A Sojourn in the Old Dominion
Every body seems to understand the advantage of silence when Mcriwether is inclined to be expatiatory. This strain of philosophizing has a pretty marked influence in the neighborhood, for I perceive that Frank's opinions are very much quoted ...
John Pendleton Kennedy, Lucinda Hardwick MacKethan, 1986

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXPATIATORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term expatiatory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Alibaba's US listing prompts calls for reform of China's securities rules
Ni Zhengdong, CEO of finance firm Zero2IPO, said that expatiatory listing regulations have tried the patience of many innovative entrepreneurs. «WantChinaTimes, Sep 14»
2
New book brilliantly depicts another type of 'dolce vita' in Italy …
Debut author delivers a fascinating expatiatory memoir in which he reveals the joys and pains surrounding his acclimatisation into Italian ... «Mail & Guardian Online, May 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Expatiatory [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/expatiatory>. Apr 2024 ».
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