Expound
Expound verb - To make plain or understandable.
Usage example: at the start of the trial the judge expounded the legal difference between libel and slander to the jury
Simplify and expound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Simplify" instead a verb "Expound".
Nearby Words: expounding, expounder
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- illustrate and expound
- illustrate and simplify
- solve and expound
- solve and simplify
- gloss and expound
- gloss and simplify
- disentangle and expound
- disentangle and simplify
- untangle and expound
- untangle and simplify
- illuminate and expound
- illuminate and simplify
- clarify and expound
- clarify and simplify
Common collocations
| story | expound story | simplify story |
Cite this Source
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