--- title: E — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 40 description: The 819 words of the English dictionary under E, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/40/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / E # E — The English dictionary · page 40 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* To protest or argue strongly, often in a complaint, to someone who has done something wrong or is about to.[↗](../../expostulate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «But, Princess,» expostulated the nurse.[↗](../../expostulate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum expostulated when I came home late.[↗](../../expostulate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cock expostulated from his perch.[↗](../../expostulate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **exposure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Exposure is being out in cold, wind or weather without protection, which can make you very ill.[↗](../../exposure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Being near something harmful or new: «exposure to the sun», «exposure to germs», «exposure to reading».[↗](../../exposure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Making something hidden known to the public.[↗](../../exposure/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In photography, the amount of light let in for one picture, or one picture on a film.[↗](../../exposure/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lost hikers were treated for exposure.[↗](../../exposure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much sun exposure can burn your skin.[↗](../../exposure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Early exposure to books helps children read.[↗](../../exposure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper's exposure of the cheat shocked everyone.[↗](../../exposure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear a hat to limit exposure to the sun.[↗](../../exposure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film camera had 24 exposures.[↗](../../exposure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **expound** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To explain something in detail.[↗](../../expound/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, took Moses upon him to expound this law, saying: (Torah DEU.1.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../expound/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **expounder** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who explains a text in detail.[↗](../../expounder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *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)[↗](../../expounder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **express** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To show or say what you think or feel, with words, faces, art or actions.[↗](../../express/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fast; going quickly with few stops (an express train, express delivery).[↗](../../express/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A fast train or bus.[↗](../../express/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (maths) To write a number or idea in a certain form (express 0.5 as a fraction).[↗](../../express/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (formal) Clearly stated (an express wish, express permission).[↗](../../express/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She expressed her feelings in a poem.[↗](../../express/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Express 3/4 as a decimal.[↗](../../express/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We took the express train to the city.[↗](../../express/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Express the answer in metres.[↗](../../express/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He expressed thanks to the team.[↗](../../express/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Send it by express post so it arrives tomorrow.[↗](../../express/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Music helps me express how I feel.[↗](../../express/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The express lane is for ten items or fewer.[↗](../../express/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "It is useful sometimes to express an opinion;" so he was quite satisfied.[↗](../../express/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · From thence further go and reckon what the mouth cannot express and the ear cannot hear.[↗](../../express/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../express/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But how did they express it?[↗](../../express/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../express/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · ') I wish to express here oiy thanks to J. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../express/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Who can express the mighty acts of the LORD, or make all His praise to be heard?[↗](../../express/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.106.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../express/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **expressed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Said or shown in words, looks or actions (a feeling, an idea).[↗](../../expressed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) Written in a certain form, such as a fraction, a decimal or a unit.[↗](../../expressed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective, formal) Clearly stated, not just hinted.[↗](../../expressed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "an expressed wish".[↗](../../expressed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write 0.5 expressed as a fraction: 1/2.[↗](../../expressed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The length is expressed in metres.[↗](../../expressed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She expressed her thanks with a card.[↗](../../expressed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He expressed his anger by stamping his feet.[↗](../../expressed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Parents expressed concern about the busy road.[↗](../../expressed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem expressed the sadness of winter.[↗](../../expressed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Give your answer expressed as a percentage.[↗](../../expressed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The silence which reigned here expressed a world of grief.[↗](../../expressed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In these versions, God simply חָקַק chaqaq 'carved', with no object expressed overtly.[↗](../../expressed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../expressed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thought, speech and action are an inseparable unity in the divine being; God made or created, is metaphorically expressed by the word: writing.[↗](../../expressed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../expressed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole theory of the world, of the year, and of the soul, is expressed by tens and twelves.[↗](../../expressed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../expressed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **expressible** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Able to be said or shown in words or signs.[↗](../../expressible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *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.'[↗](../../expressible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../expressible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **expression** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A word or phrase with a special meaning; a saying.[↗](../../expression/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The look on a person's face that shows feeling.[↗](../../expression/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Showing feelings or ideas in words, art or music.[↗](../../expression/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (maths) A group of numbers, letters and signs such as 3 + 4 or 2x − 5, without an equals sign.[↗](../../expression/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Reading with feeling.[↗](../../expression/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "read with expression".[↗](../../expression/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Hit the sack" is an expression meaning go to bed.[↗](../../expression/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She had a worried expression on her face.[↗](../../expression/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the poem aloud with expression.[↗](../../expression/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Simplify the expression 3a + 2a.[↗](../../expression/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Work out the value of the expression 4 × 5 − 2.[↗](../../expression/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Painting is a form of expression.[↗](../../expression/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He used a rude expression and got told off.[↗](../../expression/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "I spat!" cried the General's lady; "what an expression\![↗](../../expression/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A very notable Hebrew expression of Divinatory intuition was BATh QUL, the Daughter of the Voice.[↗](../../expression/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../expression/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It never appears on its own in the SY, being found only in the fixed expression Sefirot Belimah.[↗](../../expression/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../expression/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · SPRIM, the plural mascuUne of SPR, commonly translated book or letter : the meaning here is plainly "forms of expression."[↗](../../expression/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../expression/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **expressive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Showing feelings or thoughts clearly, especially in the face, the eyes or the voice.[↗](../../expressive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She had expressive eyes.[↗](../../expressive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His face was earnest and expressive.[↗](../../expressive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The actor's voice was very expressive.[↗](../../expressive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **expressly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Expressly means clearly and directly, so there is no doubt.[↗](../../expressly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Expressly means specially, for one particular purpose.[↗](../../expressly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Smoking is expressly forbidden on school grounds.[↗](../../expressly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I expressly told you not to touch the cake\![↗](../../expressly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The room was built expressly for music lessons.[↗](../../expressly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rules expressly say no phones in exams.[↗](../../expressly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This book was written expressly for children.[↗](../../expressly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign expressly warns against swimming.[↗](../../expressly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But they said that the Queen had expressly forbidden them to supply her with any, and they dared not disobey.[↗](../../expressly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 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.[↗](../../expressly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.1.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../expressly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **expulsion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making someone leave a school, club or country for ever, as a punishment: expulsion from school.[↗](../../expulsion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Forcing something out, such as air from the lungs.[↗](../../expulsion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bringing a knife to school can lead to expulsion.[↗](../../expulsion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He faced expulsion for bullying.[↗](../../expulsion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The history book told of the expulsion of a whole people from their land.[↗](../../expulsion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cough was a quick expulsion of air.[↗](../../expulsion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The club voted for her expulsion.[↗](../../expulsion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Expulsion is more serious than suspension.[↗](../../expulsion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **exquisite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very beautiful, delicate or finely made.[↗](../../exquisite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Showing great care and skill, with fine taste.[↗](../../exquisite/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bird's plumage was exquisite.[↗](../../exquisite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore an exquisite silk dress.[↗](../../exquisite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The meadow was full of exquisite flowers.[↗](../../exquisite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **extant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Still existing today, especially something very old: the oldest extant painting.[↗](../../extant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Still living, not extinct: extant species.[↗](../../extant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Only a few copies of the old book are extant.[↗](../../extant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crocodile is an extant reptile, but the dinosaurs are extinct.[↗](../../extant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Is the castle wall still extant?[↗](../../extant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists listed the extant species of bears.[↗](../../extant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The oldest extant letter is in the museum.[↗](../../extant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Most kinds of animal that ever lived are no longer extant.[↗](../../extant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We can trace them in Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic MSS., and a few are extant on Buddhist Stupas.[↗](../../extant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Six extant Hebrew editions of the "Sepher Yetzirah' were collected and printed at Lemberg in 1680.[↗](../../extant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../extant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Six extant Hebrew editions of the " Sepher Yetzirah " were collected and printed at Lemberg in 1680.[↗](../../extant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../extant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The "Sepher Yetzirah," or "Book of Formation," is perhaps the oldest philosophical treatise which is yet extant in the Hebrew language.[↗](../../extant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../extant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **extempore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Spoken or done without preparation, on the spot, without notes.[↗](../../extempore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (formal, rare).[↗](../../extempore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The students gave extempore speeches.[↗](../../extempore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sang an extempore song.[↗](../../extempore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She spoke extempore to the class.[↗](../../extempore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **extend** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To extend means to make something longer, bigger or last longer.[↗](../../extend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To extend means to reach or stretch from one point to another: «The garden extends to the river.».[↗](../../extend/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To extend your hand, an invitation or thanks means to offer it.[↗](../../extend/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* When things extend to a total, they add up to that number.[↗](../../extend/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Extend the pattern: 3, 6, 9, 12, ...[↗](../../extend/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They extended the house with a new kitchen.[↗](../../extend/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher extended the deadline by two days.[↗](../../extend/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Extend the line to meet the edge of the page.[↗](../../extend/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The road is 5 km long; it is extended by 2 km — how long now?[↗](../../extend/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We extend a warm welcome to our visitors.[↗](../../extend/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The forest extends for miles.[↗](../../extend/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I reckon these to extend to 2000, though only about 250 are in print.[↗](../../extend/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; neither let there be any to be gracious unto his fatherless children.[↗](../../extend/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.109.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extend/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 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.[↗](../../extend/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.9.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extend/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **extended** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extended means made longer in time or length: «an extended holiday».[↗](../../extended/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stretched out to full length: «with arms extended».[↗](../../extended/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Extended is the past of extend: made bigger, longer or reached out.[↗](../../extended/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An extended family includes grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, not just parents and children.[↗](../../extended/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher extended the deadline by two days.[↗](../../extended/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My extended family meets at Grandma's for big holidays.[↗](../../extended/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Extend the line until it meets the other side.[↗](../../extended/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She stood with her arms extended.[↗](../../extended/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop has extended opening hours at weekends.[↗](../../extended/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the extended version of the film.[↗](../../extended/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge was extended across the river.[↗](../../extended/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The right arm was extended, as if pointing onward.[↗](../../extended/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 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.[↗](../../extended/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../extended/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes.[↗](../../extended/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.7.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extended/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **extension** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An extension is an extra part added to a building to make it bigger.[↗](../../extension/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An extension is extra time given to finish something.[↗](../../extension/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An extension is a part that makes something longer, like an extension lead or hair extensions.[↗](../../extension/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An extension is an extra telephone number inside an office.[↗](../../extension/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* An extension task is extra work for those who finish early.[↗](../../extension/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* An extension of a meaning is a making of it wider so that it covers more things.[↗](../../extension/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We're building an extension on the back of the house.[↗](../../extension/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher gave us an extension for our project.[↗](../../extension/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Use an extension lead to plug in the lamp.[↗](../../extension/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Try the extension questions when you finish.[↗](../../extension/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Call the office on extension 204.[↗](../../extension/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The road extension will reach the next town.[↗](../../extension/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The first adjective of our title also needs a similar extension of its meaning.[↗](../../extension/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **extensive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Covering a large area.[↗](../../extensive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Large in amount or very thorough and detailed.[↗](../../extensive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (farming) Using a lot of land with little work or money per field, opposite of intensive farming.[↗](../../extensive/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The storm caused extensive damage to the town.[↗](../../extensive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle has extensive gardens with a maze.[↗](../../extensive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has an extensive collection of shells.[↗](../../extensive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientists did extensive tests on the new medicine.[↗](../../extensive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His extensive knowledge of dinosaurs amazed the class.[↗](../../extensive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire spread over an extensive area of forest.[↗](../../extensive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sheep stations in Australia are a kind of extensive farming.[↗](../../extensive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The governor then led the Prince to a wild and extensive plain where the grass grew high and in great abundance.[↗](../../extensive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **extensively** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extensively means a lot, widely, or over a large area or many places.[↗](../../extensively/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It can also mean in great detail and thoroughly.[↗](../../extensively/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The village was extensively flooded after the storm.[↗](../../extensively/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has travelled extensively in Asia.[↗](../../extensively/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The book was extensively researched.[↗](../../extensively/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plastic is used extensively in packaging.[↗](../../extensively/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees have been studied extensively by scientists.[↗](../../extensively/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old house was extensively repaired.[↗](../../extensively/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In England and America also the continental methods of pronunciation have been extensively used.[↗](../../extensively/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **extent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* How big, long or wide something is; its size or area: the full extent of the forest.[↗](../../extent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* How much or how far something is true.[↗](../../extent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To what extent do you agree?[↗](../../extent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «to some extent» = partly; «to a large extent» = mostly.[↗](../../extent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We could not see the full extent of the lake.[↗](../../extent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · To what extent was the plan a success?[↗](../../extent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I agree with you to some extent.[↗](../../extent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm's extent was huge: it covered three counties.[↗](../../extent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors checked the extent of his injuries.[↗](../../extent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice's extent shrinks in summer.[↗](../../extent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I have abridged and to some extent rewritten.[↗](../../extent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **exterior** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) The outside of something, especially a building or vehicle.[↗](../../exterior/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) On the outside; outer.[↗](../../exterior/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) How someone seems on the outside, which may be different from how they feel inside.[↗](../../exterior/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The exterior of the house is painted blue.[↗](../../exterior/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Use exterior paint for the fence.[↗](../../exterior/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The car's exterior was covered in mud.[↗](../../exterior/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Under her grumpy exterior, she was very kind.[↗](../../exterior/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The exterior walls are made of brick.[↗](../../exterior/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle's exterior looked scary, but inside it was cosy.[↗](../../exterior/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A fine exterior is what people look at now-a-days.”[↗](../../exterior/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/39/) **40** [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/41/) [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) - ← previous: [page 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/39/) - next →: [page 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/41/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)