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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Each week a writer focuses on a single work of art—we use the term in its broadest sense—and explains why, in his or her view, it is of surpassing cultural significance.
Solomon used parts of two days to explain the government’s view of how the 19 charges were interrelated, prompting defense accusations that the government was forcing together unrelated facts.
The adoption of AI, some economists argue, largely explains why the U.S. might be able to grow significantly faster than what economists view as its 1.8% annual speed limit.
From MarketWatch
The adoption of AI, some economists argue, largely explains why the U.S. might be able to grow significantly faster than what economists view as its 1.8% annual speed limit.
From MarketWatch
This shift helps explain a troubling pattern in workforce anxiety.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
