Expounding

Definition: Expounding

Expounding

Noun

1. A systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic.

Date "expounding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonym: Expounding

Synonym: exposition (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Interpretation	Exegesis; expounding, exposition; hermeneutics; comment, commentary; inference; (deduction); illustration, exemplification; gloss, annotation, scholium, note; elucidation, dilucidation; eclaircissement, mot d'enigme.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Expounding

English words defined with "expounding": Hermeneutical ♦ Postillate. (references)

Specialty definitions using "expounding": Peripatetic, Preference. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Biblical Answers to Personal Problems: Expounding on Scripture's Relevance and Reality (reference) Expounding the Doubtful Points (reference) 'What Am I?' - A Two Book Packet Expounding the Virtue and Beauty of Human Diversity (reference) (more book examples)
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	Dr. Dill expounding on his views of the geology of the South Australia Bight OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Pundit expounding the sacred writings.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another. An ancient philosopher, expounding his conviction that life is no better than death, was asked by a disciple why, then, he did not die. "Because," he replied, "death is no better than life." It is longer.
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"Expounding" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 95.24% of the time. "Expounding" is used about 42 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
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	95.24%	40	54,274
Noun (proper)	4.76%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	42	N/A

Language		Translations for "expounding"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		阐明 (Clarification, Elucidate, Elucidated, Elucidating, Expound, Expounded). (various references)

German		erklärend (declarative, declaring, explaining, explanatory, expository, illustrative, interpretative, melding, professing). (various references)

Korean		강� . (various references)

Pig Latin		expoundingay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "expounding" (pronounced ikspou"nding)
6	-p ou" n d i ng	compounding, pounding.
5	-ou" n d i ng	abounding, astounding, bounding, confounding, founding, grounding, hounding, rebounding, resounding, rounding, sounding, surrounding.
4	-n d i ng	amending, apprehending, ascending, attending, banding, bending, binding, blending, blinding, bonding, branding, commanding, commending, comprehending, condescending, contending, corresponding, defending, defunding, demanding, depending, descending, disbanding, ending, expanding, expending, extending, fending, finding, freestanding, funding, grandstanding, grinding, handing, impending, intending, landing, lending, longstanding, masterminding, mending, minding, misspending, misunderstanding, nonbinding, notwithstanding, offending, outspending, outstanding, overextending, overfunding, overspending, pending, portending, pretending, recommending, refunding, relending, reminding, rending, rescinding, responding, sanding, sending, spellbinding, spending, standing, stranding, suspending, tending, transcending, trending, unbending, underfunding, understanding, unending, unwinding, upstanding, vending, wending, winding, withstanding, wounding.
3	-d i ng	abiding, acceding, according, adding, affording, aiding, alluding, applauding, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, balding, bedding, beheading, beholding, bidding, biding, bleeding, blockading, boarding, bombarding, braiding, breading, breeding, brooding, budding, building, cascading, ceding, cheerleading, chiding, clouding, codding, coding, coinciding, colliding, colluding, conceding, concluding, confiding, cording, crowding, crusading, deciding, decoding, defrauding, degrading, deluding, denuding, deriding, discarding, disregarding, dividing, downgrading, downloading, dreading, eluding, encoding, eroding, evading, exceeding, excluding, exploding, extruding, fading, featherbedding, feeding, feuding, Fielding, flooding, folding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, gadding, gilding, girding, Gladding, gliding, goading, Godding, grading, guarding, guiding, handholding, heading, heeding, heralding, herding, hiding, hoarding, holding, impeding, imploding, inbreeding, including, interceding, intruding, invading, joyriding, kidding, kneading, lading, landholding, lauding, leading, loading, madding, marauding, masquerading, Melding, misleading, misreading, molding, moulding, needing, nodding, nonbuilding, outbidding, overbuilding, overcrowding, overloading, overriding, padding, parading, persuading, pervading, pleading, plodding, preceding, precluding, presiding, proceeding, prodding, proofreading, protruding, providing, pudding, punctuating, raiding, railroading, reading, rebuilding, receding, recording, Redding, Reding, regarding, rereading, residing, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, riding, rodding, safeguarding, scaffolding, scalding, scolding, seceding, seeding, serenading, shading, shedding, shepherding, shielding, shipbuilding, shredding, shrouding, siding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sliding, spearheading, speeding, spreading, stampeding, striding, subsiding, succeeding, superseding, threading, tiding, trading, treading, unfolding, unloading, unyielding, upgrading, upholding, voiding, wading, warding, wedding, weeding, welding, wielding, Wilding, withholding, Wooding, wording, yielding.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-g-i-n-n-o-p-u-x"
	-2 letters: deponing, pounding, upending.
	-3 letters: dungeon, enduing, expound, exuding, opening, pending, penguin, ponding, undoing.
	-4 letters: doping, duping, ending, epigon, ginned, guenon, guidon, gunned, opined, pigeon, pinged, pinned, ponged, pongid, ponied, poxing, punned, undine, undone, unipod, unopen.
	-5 letters: deign, dinge, dingo, dogie, doing, donne, doxie, ennui, genip, geoid, gipon, guide, index, indue, inned, nixed, nudge, nudie.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-g-i-n-n-o-p-u-x"
	+3 letters: underexposing.
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