"expound" meaning in English

See expound in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪkˈspaʊnd/, /ɛkˈspaʊnd/ Audio: en-us-expound.ogg , En-us-expound.oga Forms: expounds [present, singular, third-person], expounding [participle, present], expounded [participle, past], expounded [past]
Rhymes: -aʊnd Etymology: From Middle English expounden, from Old French espondre, from Latin exponere. Doublet of expose. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tḱey-}}, {{inh|en|enm|expounden}} Middle English expounden, {{der|en|fro|espondre}} Old French espondre, {{der|en|la|expono|exponere}} Latin exponere, {{doublet|en|expose}} Doublet of expose Head templates: {{en-verb}} expound (third-person singular simple present expounds, present participle expounding, simple past and past participle expounded)
  1. (transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms: spell out Translations (explain or discuss at length): обяснявам (objasnjavam) (Bulgarian), 闡述 (Chinese Mandarin), 阐述 (chǎnshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 闡明 (Chinese Mandarin), 阐明 (chǎnmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), uiteenzetten (Dutch), selittää (Finnish), préciser (French), expliciter (French), განავრცობს (ganavrcobs) (Georgian), erläutern (German), erklären (German), darlegen (German), 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (insakan) (Gothic), बखानना (bakhānnā) (Hindi), बखान करना (bakhān karnā) (Hindi), प्रतिपादन करना (pratipādan karnā) (Hindi), प्रतिपादित करना (pratipādit karnā) (Hindi), बैठाना (baiṭhānā) (Hindi), kifejt (Hungarian), explikar (Ido), spiegare (Italian), illustrare (Italian), 詳説する (shōsetsu suru) (alt: しょうせつする) (Japanese), whakapūaho (Maori), تفصیل دادن (tafsil dâdan) (Persian), разъясня́ть (razʺjasnjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разъясни́ть (razʺjasnítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), растолко́вывать (rastolkóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), растолкова́ть (rastolkovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), излага́ть (izlagátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), изложи́ть (izložítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), expoond (Scots), objasniti (Serbo-Croatian), izložiti (Serbo-Croatian), rastumačiti (Serbo-Croatian), exponer (Spanish), explayar (Spanish), disertar (Spanish), açımlamak (Turkish), şerh etmek (Turkish), teşrih etmek [obsolete] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-expound-en-verb-~iFLA6zB Disambiguation of Talking: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scots translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 82 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Scots translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'explain or discuss at length': 56 44
  2. (intransitive, with on or upon) To make a statement, especially at length. Tags: intransitive Translations (make a statement): verbreiten [reflexive] (German), auslassen [reflexive] (German)
    Sense id: en-expound-en-verb-2ISA0DB~ Disambiguation of 'make a statement': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: expoundable, expounder, misexpound, unexpounded Related terms: exponent, expose, exposition

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter III, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, pages 63–64:",
          "text": "“[…] Some day, when you are tired of London, come down to Treadley, and expound to me your philosophy of pleasure over some admirable Burgundy I am fortunate enough to possess.”",
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        "(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length"
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        {
          "word": "spell out"
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          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "objasnjavam",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "обяснявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "闡述"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chǎnshù",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "阐述"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "闡明"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chǎnmíng",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "阐明"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "uiteenzetten"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "selittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "préciser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "expliciter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ganavrcobs",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "განავრცობს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "erläutern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "erklären"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "darlegen"
        },
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "insakan",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bakhānnā",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "बखानना"
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bakhān karnā",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "बखान करना"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pratipādan karnā",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "प्रतिपादन करना"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pratipādit karnā",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "प्रतिपादित करना"
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          "roman": "baiṭhānā",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "बैठाना"
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          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "kifejt"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "explikar"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "spiegare"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "illustrare"
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          "alt": "しょうせつする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shōsetsu suru",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "詳説する"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "whakapūaho"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tafsil dâdan",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "تفصیل دادن"
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          "roman": "razʺjasnjátʹ",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
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          "word": "разъясня́ть"
        },
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          "roman": "razʺjasnítʹ",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
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          "word": "разъясни́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "56 44",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rastolkóvyvatʹ",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "растолко́вывать"
        },
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          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rastolkovátʹ",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "растолкова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izlagátʹ",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "излага́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izložítʹ",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "изложи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "expoond"
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          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "objasniti"
        },
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          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "izložiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "rastumačiti"
        },
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          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "exponer"
        },
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          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "explayar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "disertar"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "açımlamak"
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          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
          "word": "şerh etmek"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
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          "word": "teşrih etmek"
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        {
          "text": "He expounded often on the dangers of the imperial presidency.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 59:",
          "text": "Fowler was also interested in metallurgy and the use of new materials that could withstand greater stresses, something he expounded on when giving his presidential address to the new Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1927.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "To make a statement, especially at length."
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        "(intransitive, with on or upon) To make a statement, especially at length."
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          "ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 59:",
          "text": "Fowler was also interested in metallurgy and the use of new materials that could withstand greater stresses, something he expounded on when giving his presidential address to the new Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1927.",
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        "(intransitive, with on or upon) To make a statement, especially at length."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "objasnjavam",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "обяснявам"
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      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "闡述"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "chǎnshù",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "阐述"
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      "word": "闡明"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "阐明"
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      "word": "uiteenzetten"
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      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "selittää"
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      "word": "préciser"
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      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "განავრცობს"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "erläutern"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "erklären"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
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      "code": "got",
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      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bakhānnā",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "बखानना"
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      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
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      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
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      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "बैठाना"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "kifejt"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "explikar"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "spiegare"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "illustrare"
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    {
      "alt": "しょうせつする",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shōsetsu suru",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "詳説する"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "whakapūaho"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "tafsil dâdan",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "تفصیل دادن"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "razʺjasnjátʹ",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
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      "word": "разъясня́ть"
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      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "разъясни́ть"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastolkóvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "растолко́вывать"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastolkovátʹ",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "растолкова́ть"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izlagátʹ",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "излага́ть"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izložítʹ",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "изложи́ть"
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    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "expoond"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "objasniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "izložiti"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "rastumačiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "exponer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "explayar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "disertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "açımlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "word": "şerh etmek"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "explain or discuss at length",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "teşrih etmek"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make a statement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "verbreiten"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make a statement",
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      "word": "auslassen"
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}

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