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expostulate — Everyday, meaning 1: To protest or argue strongly, often in a complaint, to someone who has done something wrong or is about to.↗ Example: «But, Princess,» expostulated the nurse.↗ · Mum expostulated when I came home late.↗ · The cock expostulated from his perch.↗

exposure — Everyday, meaning 1: Exposure is being out in cold, wind or weather without protection, which can make you very ill.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Being near something harmful or new: «exposure to the sun», «exposure to germs», «exposure to reading».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Making something hidden known to the public.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In photography, the amount of light let in for one picture, or one picture on a film.↗ Example: The lost hikers were treated for exposure.↗ · Too much sun exposure can burn your skin.↗ · Early exposure to books helps children read.↗ · The newspaper's exposure of the cheat shocked everyone.↗ · Wear a hat to limit exposure to the sun.↗ · The film camera had 24 exposures.↗

expound — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To explain something in detail.↗ Example: beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, took Moses upon him to expound this law, saying: (Torah DEU.1.5, JPS 1917)↗

expounder — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person who explains a text in detail.↗ Example: All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

express — Everyday, meaning 1: To show or say what you think or feel, with words, faces, art or actions.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Fast; going quickly with few stops (an express train, express delivery).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A fast train or bus.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (maths) To write a number or idea in a certain form (express 0.5 as a fraction).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (formal) Clearly stated (an express wish, express permission).↗ Example: She expressed her feelings in a poem.↗ · Express 3/4 as a decimal.↗ · We took the express train to the city.↗ · Express the answer in metres.↗ · He expressed thanks to the team.↗ · Send it by express post so it arrives tomorrow.↗ · Music helps me express how I feel.↗ · The express lane is for ten items or fewer.↗ · "It is useful sometimes to express an opinion;" so he was quite satisfied.↗ · From thence further go and reckon what the mouth cannot express and the ear cannot hear.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · But how did they express it?↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · ') I wish to express here oiy thanks to J. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Who can express the mighty acts of the LORD, or make all His praise to be heard?↗ (Writings PSA.106.2, JPS 1917)↗

expressed — Everyday, meaning 1: Said or shown in words, looks or actions (a feeling, an idea).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (maths) Written in a certain form, such as a fraction, a decimal or a unit.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective, formal) Clearly stated, not just hinted.↗ e.g. "an expressed wish".↗ Example: Write 0.5 expressed as a fraction: 1/2.↗ · The length is expressed in metres.↗ · She expressed her thanks with a card.↗ · He expressed his anger by stamping his feet.↗ · Parents expressed concern about the busy road.↗ · The poem expressed the sadness of winter.↗ · Give your answer expressed as a percentage.↗ · The silence which reigned here expressed a world of grief.↗ · In these versions, God simply חָקַק chaqaq 'carved', with no object expressed overtly.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Thought, speech and action are an inseparable unity in the divine being; God made or created, is metaphorically expressed by the word: writing.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The whole theory of the world, of the year, and of the soul, is expressed by tens and twelves.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

expressible — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Able to be said or shown in words or signs.↗ Example: The five symbols or elements 1, 11, 111, 1111, 0, were supposed to symbolize the whole cosmos which was believed to be in harmony with a decimal system of notation expressible by these symbols.'↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

expression — Everyday, meaning 1: A word or phrase with a special meaning; a saying.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The look on a person's face that shows feeling.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Showing feelings or ideas in words, art or music.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (maths) A group of numbers, letters and signs such as 3 + 4 or 2x − 5, without an equals sign.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Reading with feeling.↗ e.g. "read with expression".↗ Example: "Hit the sack" is an expression meaning go to bed.↗ · She had a worried expression on her face.↗ · Read the poem aloud with expression.↗ · Simplify the expression 3a + 2a.↗ · Work out the value of the expression 4 × 5 − 2.↗ · Painting is a form of expression.↗ · He used a rude expression and got told off.↗ · "I spat!" cried the General's lady; "what an expression!↗ · A very notable Hebrew expression of Divinatory intuition was BATh QUL, the Daughter of the Voice.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · It never appears on its own in the SY, being found only in the fixed expression Sefirot Belimah.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · SPRIM, the plural mascuUne of SPR, commonly translated book or letter : the meaning here is plainly "forms of expression."↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

expressive — Everyday, meaning 1: Showing feelings or thoughts clearly, especially in the face, the eyes or the voice.↗ Example: She had expressive eyes.↗ · His face was earnest and expressive.↗ · The actor's voice was very expressive.↗

expressly — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Expressly means clearly and directly, so there is no doubt.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Expressly means specially, for one particular purpose.↗ Example: Smoking is expressly forbidden on school grounds.↗ · I expressly told you not to touch the cake!↗ · The room was built expressly for music lessons.↗ · The rules expressly say no phones in exams.↗ · This book was written expressly for children.↗ · The sign expressly warns against swimming.↗ · But they said that the Queen had expressly forbidden them to supply her with any, and they dared not disobey.↗ · the word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.↗ (Prophets EZK.1.3, JPS 1917)↗

expulsion — Everyday, meaning 1: Making someone leave a school, club or country for ever, as a punishment: expulsion from school.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Forcing something out, such as air from the lungs.↗ Example: Bringing a knife to school can lead to expulsion.↗ · He faced expulsion for bullying.↗ · The history book told of the expulsion of a whole people from their land.↗ · The cough was a quick expulsion of air.↗ · The club voted for her expulsion.↗ · Expulsion is more serious than suspension.↗

exquisite — Everyday, meaning 1: Very beautiful, delicate or finely made.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Showing great care and skill, with fine taste.↗ Example: The bird's plumage was exquisite.↗ · She wore an exquisite silk dress.↗ · The meadow was full of exquisite flowers.↗

extant — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Still existing today, especially something very old: the oldest extant painting.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Still living, not extinct: extant species.↗ Example: Only a few copies of the old book are extant.↗ · The crocodile is an extant reptile, but the dinosaurs are extinct.↗ · Is the castle wall still extant?↗ · Scientists listed the extant species of bears.↗ · The oldest extant letter is in the museum.↗ · Most kinds of animal that ever lived are no longer extant.↗ · We can trace them in Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic MSS., and a few are extant on Buddhist Stupas.↗ · Six extant Hebrew editions of the "Sepher Yetzirah' were collected and printed at Lemberg in 1680.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Six extant Hebrew editions of the " Sepher Yetzirah " were collected and printed at Lemberg in 1680.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The "Sepher Yetzirah," or "Book of Formation," is perhaps the oldest philosophical treatise which is yet extant in the Hebrew language.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

extempore — Everyday, meaning 1: Spoken or done without preparation, on the spot, without notes.↗ (formal, rare).↗ Example: The students gave extempore speeches.↗ · He sang an extempore song.↗ · She spoke extempore to the class.↗

extend — Everyday, meaning 1: To extend means to make something longer, bigger or last longer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To extend means to reach or stretch from one point to another: «The garden extends to the river.».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To extend your hand, an invitation or thanks means to offer it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: When things extend to a total, they add up to that number.↗ Example: Extend the pattern: 3, 6, 9, 12, ...↗ · They extended the house with a new kitchen.↗ · The teacher extended the deadline by two days.↗ · Extend the line to meet the edge of the page.↗ · The road is 5 km long; it is extended by 2 km — how long now?↗ · We extend a warm welcome to our visitors.↗ · The forest extends for miles.↗ · I reckon these to extend to 2000, though only about 250 are in print.↗ · Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; neither let there be any to be gracious unto his fatherless children.↗ (Writings PSA.109.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Yet many years didst Thou extend mercy unto them, and didst forewarn them by Thy spirit through Thy prophets; yet would they not give ear; therefore gavest Thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.↗ (Writings NEH.9.30, JPS 1917)↗

extended — Everyday, meaning 1: Extended means made longer in time or length: «an extended holiday».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Stretched out to full length: «with arms extended».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Extended is the past of extend: made bigger, longer or reached out.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An extended family includes grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, not just parents and children.↗ Example: The teacher extended the deadline by two days.↗ · My extended family meets at Grandma's for big holidays.↗ · Extend the line until it meets the other side.↗ · She stood with her arms extended.↗ · The shop has extended opening hours at weekends.↗ · We watched the extended version of the film.↗ · The bridge was extended across the river.↗ · The right arm was extended, as if pointing onward.↗ · The Notes have been extended, and it is hoped that they explain and illustrate difficult passages, and render this abstruse treatise more comprehensible than it has been hitherto found.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · and hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes.↗ (Writings EZR.7.28, JPS 1917)↗

extension — Everyday, meaning 1: An extension is an extra part added to a building to make it bigger.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An extension is extra time given to finish something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An extension is a part that makes something longer, like an extension lead or hair extensions.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An extension is an extra telephone number inside an office.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: An extension task is extra work for those who finish early.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: An extension of a meaning is a making of it wider so that it covers more things.↗ Example: We're building an extension on the back of the house.↗ · The teacher gave us an extension for our project.↗ · Use an extension lead to plug in the lamp.↗ · Try the extension questions when you finish.↗ · Call the office on extension 204.↗ · The road extension will reach the next town.↗ · The first adjective of our title also needs a similar extension of its meaning.↗

extensive — Everyday, meaning 1: Covering a large area.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Large in amount or very thorough and detailed.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (farming) Using a lot of land with little work or money per field, opposite of intensive farming.↗ Example: The storm caused extensive damage to the town.↗ · The castle has extensive gardens with a maze.↗ · She has an extensive collection of shells.↗ · The scientists did extensive tests on the new medicine.↗ · His extensive knowledge of dinosaurs amazed the class.↗ · The fire spread over an extensive area of forest.↗ · Sheep stations in Australia are a kind of extensive farming.↗ · The governor then led the Prince to a wild and extensive plain where the grass grew high and in great abundance.↗

extensively — Everyday, meaning 1: Extensively means a lot, widely, or over a large area or many places.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It can also mean in great detail and thoroughly.↗ Example: The village was extensively flooded after the storm.↗ · She has travelled extensively in Asia.↗ · The book was extensively researched.↗ · Plastic is used extensively in packaging.↗ · Bees have been studied extensively by scientists.↗ · The old house was extensively repaired.↗ · In England and America also the continental methods of pronunciation have been extensively used.↗

extent — Everyday, meaning 1: How big, long or wide something is; its size or area: the full extent of the forest.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: How much or how far something is true.↗ e.g. To what extent do you agree?↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «to some extent» = partly; «to a large extent» = mostly.↗ Example: We could not see the full extent of the lake.↗ · To what extent was the plan a success?↗ · I agree with you to some extent.↗ · The storm's extent was huge: it covered three counties.↗ · Doctors checked the extent of his injuries.↗ · The ice's extent shrinks in summer.↗ · I have abridged and to some extent rewritten.↗

exterior — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun) The outside of something, especially a building or vehicle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) On the outside; outer.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) How someone seems on the outside, which may be different from how they feel inside.↗ Example: The exterior of the house is painted blue.↗ · Use exterior paint for the fence.↗ · The car's exterior was covered in mud.↗ · Under her grumpy exterior, she was very kind.↗ · The exterior walls are made of brick.↗ · The castle's exterior looked scary, but inside it was cosy.↗ · A fine exterior is what people look at now-a-days.”↗