expatiate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt/

Verb

rare obsolete

To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion. / (rare) To range at large, or without restraint. / (obsolete) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.

Japanese Meaning

長々と書く、または話す / 議論や討論において詳細に述べる / (稀な意味) 制限なく自由に行動する / (時代遅れな意味) 拡大する、広がる、伸びる、拡げる、広める

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During the meeting, she began to expatiate on the company's long-term strategy, losing the attention of several listeners.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

会議中、彼女は会社の長期戦略について詳しく述べ始め、数人の聴衆の注意を失ってしまった。

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Sense（1）

To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion.

[H]e expatiated on the inconveniences of trade, that carried from us the commodities of our country, and made a parcel of upſtarts as rich as men of the moſt ancient families of England.

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Sense（2）

(rare) To range at large, or without restraint.

[L]ooks on heav'n with more than mortal eyes, / Bids his free ſoul expatiate in the skies, / Amidſt her kindred ſtars familiar roam, / Survey the region, and confeſs her home! Such was the life great Scipio once admir'd, / Thus Atticus, and Trumball thus retir'd.

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Sense（3）

(obsolete) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.

expatiates

（ present singular third-person ）

expatiating

（ participle present ）

expatiated

（ participle past ）

expatiated

（ past ）

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