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to re-explain

to re-explain

3.4
Say something again in a clearer way
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɪkˈspleɪn/
translation icon : reexplicar
  • The teacher had to re-explain the concept in simpler terms for the students to grasp it.

Examples

  • And I guess I have to re explain a little bit because my guess is that things were not extremely clear at the end of class yesterday.

  • OK so let me re explain first how we get all the solutions and how why I did that cross product I see that topic.

  • Can you please re-explain the instructions so that everyone understands them clearly?

  • After receiving feedback, she decided to re-explain her argument to make it more convincing.

Synonyms

to rephrase
vsto re-explain
42 3.7

To say something again in different words to make it clearer

emphasizes clearer meaning or new viewpoint instead of just changing words
to restate
vsto re-explain
23 3.4

To say something again in a different, clearer way

aims to improve clarity or add a new viewpoint rather than just stressing it
to rearticulate
vsto re-explain
1 6.7

To say something again in a clearer way

focuses on making the idea clearer and giving a new viewpoint

Antonyms

to confuse
266 1.9

Make someone unable to think clearly or make something hard to understand

to obscure
86 7.0

Make something hard to see or understand

How Clear

to elucidate
  • Formal
11 6.8
to clarify
248 3.3
to re-explain
3.4
to explain
∞ 1.0
to say
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

re-explain infinitive
re-explained past
re-explained past participle
re-explaining present participle
re-explains third person singular

Morphology

re-explain = re + explain + to

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Etymology

Re-explain combines re- meaning 'again' and explain, which comes from a word that means 'make plain', like the English word 'plain'. So, to re-explain is to 'make something clear again' by saying it again in a simpler or different way.