expositional
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6.9
- adjective
- /ˌɛkspəˈzɪʃənl/
:
expositivo
- In the film, the expositional dialogue provided essential background information about the characters.
Examples
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These are far more fundamental structural flaws than (say) complaints about a little expositional language.
Blog text (20) -
The teacher used an expositional approach to help students understand the complex topic.
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It's a bit expositional in the first third, but it's well handled and interesting.
Blog text (21) -
What expositional details does the listener need to know?
Blog text (28) -
For expositional convenience, I focus in the next section first on feeding babies and then on feeding children.
Academic text (2008) -
That said, I did find a portion of the pacing a little off at times, during the more expositional scenes and the moments of reflection.
Blog text (23) -
Rogoff (1998: 298-99) provides weak conditions for price level determinacy in this model. The central planner in this model is only an expositional device that has no policy implications.
Academic text (2018) -
The report included an expositional section that clearly outlined the project's objectives and methods.
Synonyms
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4.1
Gives useful facts or details about something
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3.8
Helps make something clear or easy to understand
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4.6
Showing examples or pictures to make an idea clear
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7.0
Writing that explains facts or ideas clearly
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7.5
Relating to showing or explaining something to an audience
To give clear information that explains something
Helps explain something using pictures or examples
To show how a product or device works
Surface Forms
Morphology
expositional = exposition (semi-transparent) = exposition + al
This is a regular adjective formed from the noun 'exposition' with -al, but the noun is somewhat learned and the connection is only moderately obvious to many learners.
Etymology
Expositional comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and ponere 'to put', the same source as expose. So an expositional style 'puts out' information or ideas clearly, which is why it means a way of explaining things.