explain
Usage
What are other ways to say explain?
To explain is to make plain, clear, or intelligible something that is not known or understood: to explain a theory or a problem. To elucidate is to throw light on what before was dark and obscure, usually by illustration and commentary and sometimes by elaborate explanation: They asked him to elucidate his statement. To expound is to give a methodical, detailed, scholarly explanation of something, usually Scriptures, doctrines, or philosophy: to expound the doctrine of free will. To interpret is to give the meaning of something by paraphrase, by translation, or by an explanation based on personal opinion: to interpret a poem or a symbol.
Example Sentences
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"Sound waves exert forces on particles -- just like waves on the surface of a pond can exert forces on a floating leaf," explains Morrell.
From Science Daily
And you’ll notice that the finance manager will stop explaining paperwork and just say, “Sign, sign, sign.”
Kenya's foreign ministry explained that Kenyans could fight for other armies if they were citizens of another country or had the written permission of the Kenyan president.
From BBC
Then, as he explains in his 2017 memoir, “Close But No Cigar,” one day state security arrested his boss and shut down the company’s office.
“Churchill’s autobiography,” Mr. Stiles explains, “lays the groundwork for how he wished to be perceived and how he would approach and create his political career.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
