expounding

[ik-spoun-ding]

noun

1. a detailed explanation, discursion, or interpretation.

   I have no natural taste for study, expounding, or poring over tomes.

adjective

1. being someone or something that explains or interprets.

   The book is an expounding collection of tales, brimming with translated historical and cultural anecdotes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of expounding¹

First recorded in 1735–45; expound ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun; expound ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective

Example Sentences

The idea that voters would have taken her and the Tories more seriously if she’d started expounding her reform agenda sooner isn’t plausible.

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Since then, I’ve spent more than 40 years researching and expounding the U.S.

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But when topics turn elsewhere — their biggest Hollywood regrets, for example, or expounding on who should join them on the Mt.

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Tanton kindles a small fire of twigs inside a metal pitcher, while expounding for the camera about ecology and overpopulation.

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I also have stuff that maybe was in the special that I have worked on, just expounding my feelings about it all.

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Related Words

• answer 
• explanation 
• interpretation 
• rationale 
• solution 
• translation