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elaborate, expatiate, expound, expatiate on, elaborate on, elaborate upon, flesh out, dilate on, enlarge on, expand on, dilate upon

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

vocalize, articulate, enunciate

v. express or state clearly

explain

v. define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"

gloss, comment

v. provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written"

declare, state clearly

v. state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

propound, put forward

v. put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"

protest, affirm formally, avow solemnly

v. affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence"

define

v. determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"

interpret, give an interpretation to

v. give an interpretation or explanation to

lecture, talk

v. deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

talk, speak

v. use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"

state, say, tell

v. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

swan, affirm, avow, swear, assert, aver

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

claim, lay claim to, make a claim to

v. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"

claim, postulate, contend, affirm strongly, assert strongly

v. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"

draw, describe, depict

v. represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"

hold, buy, believe

v. accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

narrate, provide a commentary for

v. provide commentary for a film, for example

spin, recount, tell, recite, narrate

v. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

profess

v. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"

label, judge, pronounce

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

relate, give an account of

v. give an account of; "The witness related the events"

relate

v. have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

report, describe, report on

v. give information

report, turn in, inform on

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

extend, expand

v. become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"

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