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EXPATIATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does expatiation mean?
• EXPATIATION (noun)
The noun EXPATIATION has 1 sense:
1. a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail
Familiarity information: EXPATIATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("expatiation" is a kind of...):
elaboration; enlargement; expansion (a discussion that provides additional information)
Derivation:
expatiate (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing)
Context examples
His brother-in-law paused in the middle of an expatiation on the business opportunities of the neighborhood.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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