EXPOSIT

 Dictionary entry overview: What does exposit mean? 

• EXPOSIT (verb)
  The verb EXPOSIT has 2 senses:

1. state
2. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

  Familiarity information: EXPOSIT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPOSIT (verb)

Meaning:

State

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

exposit; set forth; expound

Context example:

set forth one's reasons

Hypernyms (to "exposit" is one way to...):

dilate; elaborate; enlarge; expand; expatiate; exposit; expound; flesh out; lucubrate (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exposit"):

depict; describe; draw (give a description of)

premise (set forth beforehand, often as an explanation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

expound; elaborate; lucubrate; expatiate; flesh out; dilate; exposit; enlarge; expand

Context example:

She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation

Hypernyms (to "exposit" is one way to...):

clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exposit"):

detail (provide details for)

exposit; expound; set forth (state)

exemplify; illustrate; instance (clarify by giving an example of)

particularise; particularize; specialise; specialize; specify (be specific about)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP