explains

VERB

make clear; give a reason for

Synonyms

STRONGEST

analyze clarify define demonstrate describe disclose expound illustrate interpret justify point out read resolve reveal solve spell out tell

STRONG

annotate construe decipher diagram elucidate excuse explicate manifest paraphrase rationalize refine render teach translate unfold unravel untangle

WEAK

account for break down bring out clear up get across go into detail make plain put across put in plain English set right throw light upon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal confuse distort hide misrepresent misunderstand question wonder

STRONG

cloud mystify obscure stagnate tangle withhold

WEAK

be vague complicate perplex

Example Sentences

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Explains Zhang, "Different microdomains control different things. Let's say you want the cAMP level to be high around calcium channels but low 10 nanometers away. How does the cell achieve that? By controlling cAMP."

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024

Explains the National Park Service website, “Distinguished by varied stripes of red, tan, orange and black, this area preserves a sequence of past climate change.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024

The “Melissa & Joey” and “Clarissa Explains it All” star said that her lawyer showed up at the “Drive Me Crazy” premiere afterparty to break the news to her.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

This article is adapted from an episode of Decoder Ring, Slate’s podcast about cracking cultural mysteries, as well as the book Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.

From Slate • May 3, 2023

Explains the origin of plants and animals on the principles of homoeopathy or by the law of spirality.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir