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Definition: Expository |
ExpositoryAdjective1. Serving to expound or set fourth; "clean expository writing". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "expository" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
Synonym: ExpositorySynonym: expositive (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dissertation | Adjective: discursive, discoursive; disquisitionary; expository. |
Information | Nuncupative, nuncupatory; declaratory, expository; enunciative; communicative, communicatory. |
Interpretation | Adjective: explanatory, expository; explicative, explicatory; exegetical; construable. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Expository |
| English words defined with "expository": expositive. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "expository": programmed instruction, programmed learning. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Expository" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.43% of the time. "Expository" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 96.43% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.57% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 28 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "expository"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shpjegues (covering, declaratory, elucidative, elucidatory, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, exponent, interpretative, parenthetic, parenthetical), paraqitës (announcer, newscaster, presenter), përshkrues (circumlocutional, descriptive, expositive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تفسيريى, إيضاحى. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тълкувателен (interpretative), обяснителен (apologetic, apologetical, covering, declaratory, explainable, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, exponent, expositive, interpretative), описателен (descriptive, narrative, paraphrastic, periphrastic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vystavený (exposed, expositive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نمایشی (Dramatic, Scenic), تفسیری , توضیحی (Explanatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | expositoire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erklärend (declarative, declaring, explaining, explanatory, expounding, illustrative, interpretative, melding, professing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξηγητικόσ (explanatory, interpretative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מסביר (explanatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ismertetõ (prospectus, reviewer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | expositoryay expositor (exhibitor, exhilarate, shower). (various references) expozitiv (expositive), explicativ (explanatory, exponent, expositive), descriptiv (descriptive). (various references) разъяснительный, описательный (circumlocutory, descriptive, expositive), показательный (exponential, spectacular). (various references) za objašnjenje (explicatory). (various references) expositivo (expositive). (various references) förklarande (declarative, declaratory, elucidative, elucidatory, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, expositive, interpretative). (various references) yorumlayan, izah edici, açıklayıcı (elucidatory, explanatory, illuminating, illuminative, illustrative, revealing). (various references) описовий (circumlocutory, descriptive, expositive, periphrastic), пояснювальний (declaratory, elucidative, elucidatory, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, exponent, expositive, illustrative, interpretative), показовий (demonstrative, exponential). (various references) để trình b y (expositive), để mô tả (expositive), để giải thích (explicative, explicatory, expositive). (various references) esboniadol (exegetical, explanatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Expository" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exposiory, exposito, exposiyory, exspository, Opositora. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "expository" (pronounced 'Ex*pos"i*to*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-o-o-p-r-s-t-x-y" | |
-1 letter: expositor. | |
-2 letters: isotropy, porosity. | |
-3 letters: exports, exposit, isotope, isotopy, isotype, poorest, prostie, proxies, pyrites, reposit, riposte, ropiest, sootier, stooper. | |
-4 letters: esprit, expiry, export, oryxes, osprey, otiose, oxters, oyster, peroxy, poetry, poiser, pooris, porose, poster, potsie, presto, priest, prosit, protei, pyrite, pyxies, repots, respot, ripest, ripost, sexpot, sopite, sortie, sporty, sprite, stoper, storey, stripe, stripy. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 70 6F 73 69 74 6F 72 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01110000 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110100 01101111 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x p o s i t o r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0070 006F 0073 0069 0074 006F 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39908281857586818491 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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