Meaning & use
expounded
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Explained a theory or idea in detail, typically to an audience.
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The professor expounded her theory of climate change for nearly an hour.
He expounded on the benefits of the new policy at the town meeting.
A note on using this word
Expounded is the past tense of 'expound,' from Latin exponere, meaning 'to set forth.'
Words with a similar meaning
explainedelaborated
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Words with an opposite meaning
obscuredconcealed
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