Dilate (Verb)

Meaning ¹

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".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

• Elaborate
• Exposit
• Lucubrate
• Expatiate
• Flesh Out
• Expand
• Enlarge
• Expound

Hypernyms

• Clarify
• Clear Up
• Elucidate

Hyponyms

• Exposit
• Particularise
• Illustrate
• Set Forth
• Specialize
• Instance
• Detail
• Exemplify
• Specialise
• Expound
• Specify
• Particularize

Related Words

• Dilation (noun)

Meaning ²

Become wider; "His pupils were dilated".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Distend

Related Words

• Dilation (noun)
• Dilatation (noun)
• Dilator (noun)