EXPOUNDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does expounding mean? 

• EXPOUNDING (noun)
  The noun EXPOUNDING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: EXPOUNDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPOUNDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

exposition; expounding

Hypernyms ("expounding" is a kind of...):

interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expounding"):

philosophizing (the exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy)

Derivation:

expound (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)

 Context examples 

But I am afraid I had a supreme satisfaction, of a personal and professional nature, in taking charge of Mr. Barkis's will, and expounding its contents.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She appeared to me to take great care of the Doctor, and to like him very much, though I never thought her vitally interested in the Dictionary: some cumbrous fragments of which work the Doctor always carried in his pockets, and in the lining of his hat, and generally seemed to be expounding to her as they walked about.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)