What does expounding mean?
Expounding means present participle and gerund of expound.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of expound.
May 7, 1814, William Cobbett, "The Pope", in Political Register […] all the elaborate expoundings of these impudent empirics, who are a million times worse than the worst of Catholic Priests.
Use expounding when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Expounding means present participle and gerund of expound.
Common synonyms include exposition, construal.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
May 7, 1814, William Cobbett, "The Pope", in Political Register […] all the elaborate expoundings of these impudent empirics, who are a million times worse than the worst of Catholic Priests.
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