explain
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
Example
“The issue was explained to the governor in detail.”
Other meanings
To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of.
To make something plain or intelligible.
“She tried to explain but he wouldn’t listen.”
Related words
- afore-explained
- unexplained
- explainingly
- dexify
- explainability
- explainable
- explainee
- explainify
- explanification
- misexplain
- overexplain
- underexplain
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "explanō" (to flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “explain” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.