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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Mr Male explained there was a strong community of "excel geeks" across the world, but said they were "ready to find talent in the west".
From BBC
Pathway has identified what Stamirowska calls equations of reasoning, fundamental mathematical axioms that explain how intelligence emerges from smaller, local interactions in the brain, she said.
"It shouldn't be any secret that I used AI-assisted vocal processing to transform solely my voice for I Run," Walker explained.
From BBC
“Like, I know this is hard to explain,” she said, giggling at the comprehensiveness of his ignorance.
From Los Angeles Times
“I was not looking for people to be singing in any perfect way,” Guðnadóttir explains.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
