to explain
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- verb
- /ɪkˈspleɪn/
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explicar
- She asked me to explain why I changed.
- help explain
- explain the difference
- explain variability
But that doesn't seem to explain all of the increase.
- But that doesn't seem to explain all of the increase.
- And he says he's going to explain this contradiction.
- And Anne is going to explain why this works.
- So doesn't that explain that kind of spiral?
- And it also explains why you see this hysteria.
- And I think it does explain certain trends in history.
- And trying to explain the totality of why it exists.
- OK, so please explain why you picked that.
Examples
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And Anne is going to explain why this works.
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And I need you to explain why.
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Because doing that allows me to explain why people get sick.
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OK, that might explain why it was so quiet.
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But how do you explain some of these going way, way back?
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Can you explain the proposed cut in budget?
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But that doesn't seem to explain all of the increase.
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Nostalgia can be hard to explain.
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The speech also helps to explain the changes to the ceremony that were instigated by James.
Academic text (2011) -
The teacher asked him to explain the topic to the class in simple terms.
Synonyms
720
3.4
To give good reasons that something you did is right
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3.2
To explain why something happened
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7.3
Explain something in detail so people understand it
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7.4
To explain something clearly in detail
To explain a person's thinking and say why they think that way
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Etymology
Explain is also linked to the English word plain and the Latin planus 'flat', which came to mean 'clear'. So when you explain why something happened, you 'make the reason plain' and give its cause.