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ex·pos·i·to·ry
 expository
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- pronunciation:
- ek
spa
zih
to
ri
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
designating nonfiction writing that explains and describes with the aim of conveying information or presenting certain opinions or points of view.
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adverb + (adj.)expository
either, logically, thus
(adj.)expository
+ noun
account,
character,
commentary,
composition,
description,
device,
discourse,
discovery,
element,
example,
form,
format,
frame,
information,
lecture,
manner,
material,
mode,
narrative,
paragraph,
passage,
piece,
portrait,
presentation,
prose,
scene,
section,
selection,
structure,
student,
style,
teaching,
text,
textbook,
type,
works,
writing
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| derivation: |
expositorily (adv.) |
The word expository
contains the following part:
pos, -pose, pon, -pone, -pound
Latin
root
that means put, place
  Example words:
appose, apposite, apposition, appositive, component, composed, composite, compositor, compost, compound, decompose, deponent, depositary, deposition, depositor, depository, discompose, disposable, disposal, disposer, exponent, exponential, expose, exposition, expositor, expository, exposure, expound, impose, imposing, imposition, impostor, impound, inapposite, indisposed, indisposition, interpose, interposition, juxtapose, juxtaposition, opponent, opposable, oppose, opposite, opposition, overexpose, ovipositor, photocompose, pose, poser, poseur, positive, positivism, postpone, posture, predispose, proponent, proposal, propose, proposition, propound, purpose, purposeful, purposely, repose, suppose, transposition
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