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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She grinned as she explained that some sculptures of famed Buddhist monk Ji Gong even showed him smiling on one side of his face and frowning on the other.
From Barron's
"We're trying to demystify it, we're trying to explain how it works, what the benefits are and also what the safeguards are."
From BBC
"They take you to the airport and you dress well like you're about to travel. They give you a passport, give you fake travel papers," she explained.
From BBC
It’s important to start with “a beverage that is inherently unpleasant on its own” in the same vein as whiskey, Caporale explains.
From Salon
"Working in London is just fantastic," she explains.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
