dissert

verb

Definition of dissertnext
as in to expound

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissert
  1. expound
  2. sermonize
  3. pontificate
  4. soliloquize
  5. recite
Verb
  • The owners, executives and big names from the world of athletics expounded on several issues and trends related to money and sports—from the growing opportunities in women’s sports and youth sports to the introduction of private equity and sovereign wealth funds.
    Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • That's an easy concept to grasp, and Paul expounded on the idea.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of expound
Verb
  • The sermonizing lands hardest near the beginning and end of Life of Pi, where director Max Webster lets things get a little slack and starry-eyed.
    Vulture, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Raised in the segregated south, he was steeped in the tradition of Confederate preachers who sermonized to their flocks in the CSA on the holiness of white supremacy and characterized the Christian god as inherently racist.
    Jared Yates Sexton, The New Republic, 25 Mar. 2020
Definition of sermonize
Verb
  • Those who usually pontificate on the nature of democracy and about what kind of U.S. president would be better for China are at a loss to explain the Trump phenomenon to the Chinese public.
    Eric X. Li, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2016
  • Numerous times, Rodgers has also expanded his microphone stylings in order to pontificate on politics, personal life-style, hallucinogenic drugs, and other topics that have nothing to do with passing or play-calling.
    Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
Definition of pontificate
Verb
  • Not just when Juicy soliloquizes across the proscenium or Tedra casts us some side-eye.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Not everyone can soliloquize like Gaga.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Sep. 2022
Definition of soliloquize
Verb
  • The Taliban has enacted a new measure prohibiting Afghan women from praying aloud or reciting the Quran in the presence of other women.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • She’s clearly meant for better things than stiffly reciting wooden slasher-movie dialogue in lifeless Scream retreads.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of recite
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