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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Lemon’s own Instagram video from that day shows him explaining, “We’re not part of the activists, but we’re here just reporting on them.”
From Salon
"We have to, because this ban has not achieved anything, it has just created more frustration and hatred," explained Infantino.
From BBC
“I picked out this lavender color because it’s chill, it’s relaxing, it helps me settle in,” explained the 8-year-old — now the youngest individually named Grammy winner in history.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s tough to explain how much it means,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
“Everything started getting covered in a thick veil. It was like there was a force field around him that I couldn’t get through,” she explained.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
