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Explain

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Verb (used with object)

to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible
to explain an obscure point.
to make known in detail
to explain how to do something.
to assign a meaning to; interpret
How can you explain such a silly remark?
to make clear the cause or reason of; account for
I cannot explain his strange behavior.

Verb (used without object)

to give an explanation. ?

Verb phrase

explain away,
to diminish or nullify the significance of by explanation
He couldn't explain away his absence from home at the time the robbery was committed.
to dispel (doubts, difficulties, etc.) by explanation
She explained away the child's fears.

Antonyms

verb
be vague , complicate , confuse , mystify , obscure , perplex

Synonyms

verb
account for , analyze , annotate , break down , bring out , clarify , clear up , construe , decipher , define , demonstrate , describe , diagram , disclose , elucidate , excuse , explicate , expound , get across * , go into detail , illustrate , interpret , justify , make plain , manifest , paraphrase , point out , put across , put in plain english , rationalize , read , refine , render , resolve , reveal , set right , solve , spell out * , teach , tell , throw light upon , translate , unfold , unravel , untanglenotes:explicate also contains the implication that the something of which an account is being given is more complicated or detailed - so while one may explain why a child is crying , one would explicate the meaning of a poem or implications of a legal document; early senses of explain were \'smooth out\' and \'spread flat\' , spell out , amplify , dilate , elaborate , expand , expatiate , exposit , illuminate , make clear , simplify
phrasal verb
gloss over , gloze , palliate , sleek over , whitewash

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