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Meaning of "expound" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXPOUND

From Old French espondre, from Latin expōnere to set forth, from pōnere to put.

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

PRONUNCIATION OF EXPOUND

ɪkˈspaʊnd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPOUND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Expound is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb expound in English.

WHAT DOES EXPOUND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of expound in the English dictionary

The definition of expound in the dictionary is when intr, foll by on or about to explain or set forth in detail.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXPOUND

PRESENT

Present
I expound
you expound
he/she/it expounds
we expound
you expound
they expound
Present continuous
I am expounding
you are expounding
he/she/it is expounding
we are expounding
you are expounding
they are expounding
Present perfect
I have expounded
you have expounded
he/she/it has expounded
we have expounded
you have expounded
they have expounded
Present perfect continuous
I have been expounding
you have been expounding
he/she/it has been expounding
we have been expounding
you have been expounding
they have been expounding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I expounded
you expounded
he/she/it expounded
we expounded
you expounded
they expounded
Past continuous
I was expounding
you were expounding
he/she/it was expounding
we were expounding
you were expounding
they were expounding
Past perfect
I had expounded
you had expounded
he/she/it had expounded
we had expounded
you had expounded
they had expounded
Past perfect continuous
I had been expounding
you had been expounding
he/she/it had been expounding
we had been expounding
you had been expounding
they had been expounding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will expound
you will expound
he/she/it will expound
we will expound
you will expound
they will expound
Future continuous
I will be expounding
you will be expounding
he/she/it will be expounding
we will be expounding
you will be expounding
they will be expounding
Future perfect
I will have expounded
you will have expounded
he/she/it will have expounded
we will have expounded
you will have expounded
they will have expounded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been expounding
you will have been expounding
he/she/it will have been expounding
we will have been expounding
you will have been expounding
they will have been expounding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would expound
you would expound
he/she/it would expound
we would expound
you would expound
they would expound
Conditional continuous
I would be expounding
you would be expounding
he/she/it would be expounding
we would be expounding
you would be expounding
they would be expounding
Conditional perfect
I would have expound
you would have expound
he/she/it would have expound
we would have expound
you would have expound
they would have expound
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been expounding
you would have been expounding
he/she/it would have been expounding
we would have been expounding
you would have been expounding
they would have been expounding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you expound
we let´s expound
you expound
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to expound
Past participle
expounded
Present Participle
expounding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPOUND

around · background · bound · compound · decompound · found · geepound · ground · hound · impound · lispound · noncompound · outbound · pound · propound · quarter-pound · round · shippound · sound · underground

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPOUND

expositively · expositor · expositorily · expository · expositress · exposome · expostulate · expostulating · expostulatingly · expostulation · expostulative · expostulator · expostulatory · exposture · exposure · exposure compensation · exposure index · exposure meter · exposure value · expounder

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPOUND

avoirdupois pound · brown pound · coordination compound · cutting compound · fall to the ground · foot-pound · green pound · into the ground · nitro compound · onium compound · oxonium compound · pink pound · quarter pound · quaternary ammonium compound · rooting compound · sandwich compound · solid compound · sulfonium compound · sulphonium compound · to the ground

Synonyms and antonyms of expound in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXPOUND»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «expound» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «expound» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF EXPOUND

Find out the translation of expound to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of expound from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «expound» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

阐释
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

exponer
570 millions of speakers
en

English

expound
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

व्याख्या
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شرح
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

излагать
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

expor
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্ভাসিত করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

exposer
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Terangkan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

darlegen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

詳しく説明する
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

상세히 설명하다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ngandhakake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giải nghỉa
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

விவரி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

स्पष्ट करा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yorumlamak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

esporre
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wykładać
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

викладати
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

expune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναπτύξω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uiteen te sit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

expound
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forklare
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of expound

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPOUND»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of expound
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about expound

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPOUND»

Discover the use of expound in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to expound and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
Expound is often misused. E.g., "Perhaps a sixteen-year-old boy would choose to refrain from sex in fear of the druggist's calling his father; then males as well as females would be virgins when they are married, as traditional views would ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
2
A Preservative Against Popery, in Several Select Discourses ...
the priest to expound to the people; they do not prescribe how much, but leave that wholly to the priest's discretion, who may expound as little as he pleases ; if they expound but one in an hundred of those sentences, wherein this matter of ...
Edmund Gibson, John Cumming, 1848
3
Dogen's Extensive Record: A Translation of the Eihei Koroku
Daci [Huanzhong] instructed the assembly saying, “Being able to expound ten feet does not match practicing one foot; being able to expound one foot does not match practicing one inch.” Dongshan [Liangjie] said, “Expound what you are not  ...
Eihei Dogen, Taigen Dan Leighton, 2010
4
The Taiping Ideology: Its Sources, Interpretations, and ...
Whenever they punish a person, they always expound principles. Whenever they capture persons, they always expound principles. Whenever troops are dispatched in a hurry and instructions are given extemporaneously, they always ...
Vincent Yu-Chung Shih, Yu-chung Shih, 1967
5
Flip Dictionary
... describe, elaborate, elucidate, expand, explicate, expound, illuminate, interpret , justify, manifest, rationalize, simplify, translate, unfold, unravel explain actions in self-satisfying way: rationalize explain in detail: elaborate, expatiate explainer, ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2002
6
The Origins of Jewish Mysticism
Arakh] on his head and said: Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who gave a son to Abraham, our father, who knows to understand (lehavin) and to expound ( lidrosh) the glory (kavod) of our Father in heaven. There are those who expound  ...
Peter Schäfer, 2011
7
The babylonian Talmud Tractate BeRakot
R. Jose says : The Ba'al K'rl may study what is familiar to him4, but he must not expound the Mishndh. R. Jonathan b. Joseph says : He may expound the Mishndh but not the Talmud. R. Nathan b. Abishalom says : Also the Talmud may he ...
A.. Cohen, 1977
8
H_nen's Senchakush_: Passages on the Selection of the ...
I expound each of these five kinds of collections in order to teach and convert all sentient beings, in accordance with the karmic propensities of each. For those sentient beings who desire to dwell in the mountains and forests, always to be in  ...
Hōnen, 1998
9
The Life of Wesley; and the Rise and Progress of Methodism: ...
And in one of his letters he says, " I visit from house to house, catechise, read prayers twice, and expound the two second lessons every day ; read to a house- full of people three times a week; expound the two lessons at five in the morning,  ...
Robert Southey, 1820
10
The Maha-Vairocana-Abhisambodhi Tantra: With Buddhaguhya's ...
When he had made this request, the Bhagavat Vairocana said to Vajrapāni, the Lord of the Secret Ones: 'I shall expound the Dharma which is unequalled, primordially tranquil and supreme to the first in the world by whom I am called the  ...
Stephen Hodge, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXPOUND»

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1
Collins: Make best of 'unfair' life
You don't have a chance to really expound on a lot of things because you're under a time commitment." Collins dismissed any notion of a ... «Bloomington Pantagraph, Jul 15»
2
Marco Rubio Says He Wants To Disband The College 'Cartel' System
It also gave Rubio the chance to expound on what has become his candidacy's central theme: preparing America for a future shaped by ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
A mural in the name of peace
Through my art, I will expound on social and economic unrest using media icons such as Trayvon Martin, Christina Taylor Green, Michael ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
4
Author Jane Hawking in Chester for King's School prizegiving
... Hawking may have inspired an Oscar winning film, but Jane Hawking was in Chester today (July 9) to expound her own theory of everything. «ChesterChronicle.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Osprey drop second straight at home
Listening to Tom Schultz expound on his excitement for opening night, you'd swear he was slated to take the mound himself. Read more ... «The Missoulian, Jul 15»
6
Harbor Country Opera stages 'Phantom' and 'Les Misérables' in …
There's alliteration and text-painting, all kinds of things for a singer to expound upon.” The extreme pathos of Fantine's death scene is ... «South Bend Tribune, Jul 15»
7
torah | Leaving a legacy isn't only about bequeathing money
Then the daughters were able to expound the law (darshaniyut. And finally, they were righteous (tzadkaniyut) because they banded together in ... «Jweekly.com, Jul 15»
8
Taiwan's top China policymaker to visit the US in mid-July
... the Senate and think tanks' scholars to expound on Taiwan's policy towards China and the development of relations across the Taiwan Strait, ... «Focus Taiwan News Channel, Jul 15»
9
A case of reverse snobbery
While braggarts flaunt it, only a connoisseur can savour and expound on its tones and the intricacies of the barrel in which it matured. «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
10
Iran News Round Up July 9, 2015
The President said that the SCO and BRICS meetings serve as a great opportunity for Iran to expound its “views on important regional and ... «Critical Threats Project, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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