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Definition of expound verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

expound

 verb
verb
NAmE//ɪkˈspaʊnd//
 
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they expound
 
he / she / it expounds
 
past simple expounded
 
-ing form expounding
 
 
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to explain something by talking about it in detail expound something (to somebody) He expounded his views on the subject to me at great length. the theory of language expounded by Chomsky expound on something We listened as she expounded on the government's new policies.
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