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Word: Expatiate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘roam freely’): from Latin exspatiari ‘move beyond one's usual bounds’, from ex- ‘out, from’ + spatiari ‘to walk’ (from spatium ‘space’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
speak or write in detail about
Short Definition:speak or write in detail about
Examples:- she expatiated on working-class novelists
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