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expatiate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
| Type of | clear up, elucidate, clarify |
| Has types | exposit, expound, illustrate, instance, particularise, particularize, set forth, specialise, specialize, specify, detail, exemplify |
| Derivation | expatiation |
Examples of expatiate
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It also includes interviews in which notables expatiate on their own identities.
From the online.wsj.com
A full house of his colleagues heard him expatiate on his recent visit to China.
From the time.com
Did he take any time there to expatiate on the religious preferences of Joseph Ratzinger?
From the guardian.co.uk
Italian expatiate sport is becoming increasingly popular in the UK especially in London.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There is no question Gingrich is a broad and deep thinker who can expatiate on almost any issue.
From the cnn.com
What are his qualifications to expatiate on revolutionary Russia?
From the guardian.co.uk
Berlin and Paris will seek to delay and expatiate and consequently will be last, but their day will come.
From the economist.com
Months before, Ray had agreed to take me and Mark for a walk, and expatiate on his speciality of lichens.
From the guardian.co.uk
It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages.
From the theatlantic.com
- Elaborate: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
- (expatiation) a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail
- (Expatiates) An expatriate (in abbreviated form, expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing or legal residence. ...
- To range at large, or without restraint; To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion, to descant; To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden
- (expatiation) An act of expatiating
- Discuss without limits or restraint; enlarge upon almost without end.
- (v) - talk at length
- To speak or write at length
