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explanatory — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Meant to explain something and make it clear.↗ Example: With English Translation, Preface, Explanatory Notes and Glossary, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The explanatory notes given by this author are, nevertheless, insufficient and sometimes very incorrect.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · D., published the book "Yezirah" in Hebrew with a translation and explanatory notes in the German language, Leipzig, 1830.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

expletive — Everyday, meaning 1: An expletive is a swear word or rude exclamation, said when angry, hurt or surprised.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (grammar) An expletive is a word like «it» or «there» that fills a place in a sentence without meaning, as in «There is a cat» or «It is raining».↗ Example: He dropped the hammer on his toe and let out an expletive.↗ · The newspaper replaced the expletive with stars.↗ · Please don't use expletives in class.↗ · A string of expletives came from the angry driver.↗ · In «It is snowing», «it» is an expletive.↗ · The coach shouted an expletive when the ball missed.↗

explicit — Everyday, meaning 1: Said clearly and fully, so nobody can be confused, as in «explicit instructions».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Showing or describing things very openly, especially violence or sex, which is not suitable for children, as in «explicit content».↗ Example: The teacher gave explicit instructions not to run in the corridor.↗ · Make it explicit what each number stands for.↗ · The song had an «explicit» label, so my mum skipped it.↗ · The rules were explicit: no phones in class.↗ · If you see explicit pictures online, close them and tell an adult.↗ · His meaning was explicit.↗

explicitly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a clear and direct way, saying exactly what you mean so there is no doubt, as in «She explicitly told us not to touch it».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Openly showing or describing adult content.↗ Example: Mum explicitly said no sweets before dinner.↗ · The rules explicitly ban phones in exams.↗ · The text explicitly states that the boy was scared.↗ · Please explain explicitly how you got your answer.↗ · He never explicitly said yes, but he smiled.↗ · The sign explicitly said «No swimming».↗

explode — Everyday, meaning 1: To explode means to burst apart with a loud bang and great force.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To explode can mean to suddenly become very angry.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To explode also means to grow very fast, like a population exploding.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To explode with laughter means to burst out laughing suddenly and loudly.↗ Example: The fireworks exploded in the sky.↗ · Never put an aerosol can in a fire; it may explode.↗ · The balloon exploded with a loud pop.↗ · The volcano exploded and sent ash into the air.↗ · Dad exploded with anger when he saw the mess.↗ · We all exploded with laughter.↗ · Old batteries can swell and explode.↗ · The number of rabbits exploded after the farmer left.↗ · “A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people’s toes,” answered the Roman Candle in a low whisper; and the Cracker nearly exploded with laughter.↗

exploit — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb) To use someone unfairly for your own gain, like paying workers too little or tricking children.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To make full use of something, such as resources or a chance.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A brave, exciting or daring deed, an adventure.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (computing) A trick or piece of code that uses a weakness in a program.↗ Example: Factory owners once exploited children by making them work long hours.↗ · The team exploited the gap in the defence.↗ · The country exploits its forests for wood.↗ · We read about Robin Hood's exploits.↗ · Never let anyone online exploit you; tell an adult.↗ · Hackers used an exploit to break into the game.↗ · She exploited every chance to practise.↗ · Heracles (whose world-renowned exploits will be related among the legends) was the son of Alcmene and Zeus.↗

exploitation — Everyday, meaning 1: Treating people unfairly to get something from them, for example making them work hard for very little pay.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Using natural resources such as coal, oil or forests to make money or energy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Making the most of a chance or a situation.↗ Example: Child labour in Victorian factories was a cruel kind of exploitation.↗ · The exploitation of coal made Britain rich but polluted the air.↗ · Over-exploitation of the sea has left fewer fish.↗ · Fair trade aims to stop the exploitation of farmers.↗ · Laws protect children from exploitation.↗ · The workers protested against their exploitation by the mill owners.↗

exploited — Everyday, meaning 1: Treated unfairly by someone who uses you for their own gain, for example made to work hard for very little pay.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Used fully and well, such as a resource or a chance.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (computers) A weakness in a program that has been used by someone to break in.↗ Example: Long ago, many children were exploited in factories and mines.↗ · The workers felt exploited because they were paid so little.↗ · The team exploited every chance to score.↗ · The coal under the hills was exploited for a hundred years.↗ · The hacker exploited a weakness in the website.↗ · She felt exploited when her friends only called her for help with homework.↗ · Wind power is not yet fully exploited in some countries.↗

exploration — Everyday, meaning 1: Exploration is travelling to and looking around a place to find out what is there, especially a place nobody knows well.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Exploration is also looking closely at an idea or question to learn more.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (medicine) An exploration can be a doctor examining part of the body.↗ Example: Space exploration has taken people to the Moon.↗ · The children went on an exploration of the woods.↗ · The class did an exploration of how magnets work.↗ · Ocean exploration finds new creatures every year.↗ · The Age of Exploration changed maps of the world.↗ · Polar exploration was cold and dangerous.↗

explore — Everyday, meaning 1: To travel around a place you do not know, to find out what it is like.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To look at, test or think about something carefully to learn more about it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To search with your hands or eyes.↗ Example: We explored the rock pools at low tide.↗ · Let's explore the forest — but stay on the path.↗ · In science, we explored which materials are magnetic.↗ · Explore what happens when you add odd numbers together.↗ · The astronauts explored the surface of the Moon.↗ · Babies explore the world with their hands and mouths.↗ · We spent the afternoon exploring the old castle.↗ · Never explore caves without an adult and a light.↗ · The captain landed upon the shore and began to explore the country.↗ · The precise meanings of these subdivisions will be subsequently explored in chapters 3, 4, and 5.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

explorer — Everyday, meaning 1: An explorer is a person who travels to unknown or little-known places to find out about them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An explorer can be anyone who likes to look around and discover new things.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A file explorer is a computer program for finding files.↗ Example: The explorer crossed the frozen Antarctic.↗ · Explorers used compasses and the stars to find their way.↗ · My little sister is a great explorer of the garden.↗ · Astronauts are explorers of space.↗ · The explorer wrote about everything in his diary.↗ · Many lands the explorers «discovered» already had people living there.↗ · We dressed up as jungle explorers for the party.↗ · A long way off in the winter mist they could see the explorer Nordenskiold with his ship Vega trying to find an opening between the ice.↗

explosion — Everyday, meaning 1: A sudden loud bursting of something with great force, heat and noise, as when a bomb or gas goes off.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A sudden big increase: a population explosion.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A sudden burst of feeling: an explosion of laughter.↗ Example: We heard a loud explosion from the quarry.↗ · A gas leak can cause an explosion, so tell an adult if you smell gas.↗ · The volcano erupted with a huge explosion.↗ · There was an explosion of laughter at the joke.↗ · The town saw an explosion in the number of rabbits.↗ · The fireworks ended in an explosion of colour.↗

explosive — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun) An explosive is a substance or device that can blow up, such as dynamite or a bomb.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Explosive means able or likely to explode.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective) Explosive can mean sudden and violent, like an explosive temper.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (adjective) An explosive situation is very tense and could suddenly turn into trouble.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Explosive growth or speed is very fast.↗ Example: Fireworks contain explosives, so only adults should light them.↗ · Petrol vapour is highly explosive.↗ · The police found an explosive device and cleared the street.↗ · He has an explosive temper and shouts suddenly.↗ · The striker's explosive speed beat the defenders.↗ · The argument became explosive.↗ · Never touch a package marked «explosive».↗

explosively — Everyday, meaning 1: In a sudden, loud and violent way, like an explosion, as in «The balloon burst explosively».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Very fast and with great energy, as in «The sprinter started explosively».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In a sudden angry way, as in «He reacted explosively».↗ Example: The volcano erupted explosively.↗ · The sprinter pushed off explosively from the blocks.↗ · The cola fizzed explosively when we added the mints.↗ · Dad laughed explosively at the joke.↗ · The town's population grew explosively.↗ · She reacted explosively when her brother broke her model.↗

export — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb) To send goods to another country to sell them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) Something that is sold to another country.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) The business of selling goods abroad.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (computing) To save data from one program in a form another program can use.↗ Example: Brazil exports a lot of coffee.↗ · Wool is one of the country's main exports.↗ · The factory exports cars to Europe.↗ · Export the picture as a JPEG file.↗ · The farm's apples are grown for export.↗ · Canada exports maple syrup around the world.↗ · The country earns money from exports.↗

exporter — Everyday, meaning 1: A person, company or country that sells goods to other countries.↗ Example: New Zealand is a big exporter of butter and milk powder.↗ · The company is an exporter of toys to Europe.↗ · Brazil is the world's largest exporter of coffee.↗ · Exporters sell goods to other countries.↗ · The exporter shipped the cars across the ocean.↗ · Ukraine is a major exporter of wheat and sunflower oil.↗

expose — Everyday, meaning 1: To uncover something so it can be seen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To leave someone or something without protection from danger, weather or sunlight.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To show the truth about a bad person or a secret.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To let someone meet or try something new: «expose children to music».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (photography) To let light reach the film or sensor in a camera.↗ Example: Low tide exposes the rocks on the beach.↗ · Do not expose the seedlings to frost.↗ · The journalist exposed the cheating company.↗ · Our teacher exposes us to music from many countries.↗ · Hikers can get sick if they are exposed to the cold for too long.↗ · The detective exposed the thief's lies.↗ · Too much light will expose the whole film.↗ · "O my dear son," cried King Aegeus, "why should you expose yourself to this horrible fate?↗

exposed — Everyday, meaning 1: (adjective) Exposed means not covered or protected, open to wind, weather, sun or danger.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) If something is exposed, it is uncovered so it can be seen.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: If a secret or a bad person is exposed, people find out the truth about them.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: If you are exposed to something, you come into contact with it, like a germ, a danger or new ideas.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In photography, film is exposed when light falls on it.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: If someone is exposed to an accusation, they are open to being blamed for something.↗ Example: Put sun cream on any exposed skin.↗ · The house stands on an exposed hill, so it is very windy.↗ · Exposed wires are dangerous — don't touch them!↗ · The thief was exposed when the camera caught him.↗ · Children are exposed to many germs at school.↗ · When the tide went out, the rocks were exposed.↗ · The plants were exposed to frost and died.↗ · It lies on the ground with roots exposed.↗ · Seven double letters serve to signify the antithesis to which human life is exposed.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

exposition — Everyday, meaning 1: A clear and full explanation of an idea or a subject.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (stories) The beginning part of a story that introduces the characters, the setting and the background.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A big public show or fair where things are displayed, also called an expo.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (music) The first part of a piece where the main tunes are played.↗ Example: The exposition of the story tells us that the girl lives on a farm.↗ · Our teacher gave a clear exposition of how volcanoes work.↗ · The minister's exposition of the psalm helped us understand it.↗ · Thousands of people visited the science exposition.↗ · In the exposition we meet the hero and learn about his problem.↗ · The book starts with a long exposition before anything exciting happens.↗