Lexic.us

Definition of Explain

1. Verb. Make plain and comprehensible. "Sam and Sue explain the movie "; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

2. Verb. Define. "They explain that there was a traffic accident "; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"

3. Verb. Serve as a reason or cause or justification of. "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"

Definition of Explain

1. v. t. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.

2. v. i. To give an explanation.

Definition of Explain

1. to make plain or understandable [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Explain

1. 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. "The horse-chestnut is . . . Ready to explain its leaf." (Evelyn) 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible. "Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you." (Gay) To explain away, to get rid of by explanation. "Those explain the meaning quite "away." Synonym: To expound, interpret, elucidate, clear up. Origin: L. Explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. Esplaner, explaner. See Plain, and cf. Esplanade. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Explain

expire expire expired expired gas expirer expirers expires expiries expiring expiring

expiry expiscate expiscation expiscatory explain (current term) explain (current term) explainable explained explainer explainers

explaining explains explanandum explanans explanate explanation explanations explanative explanatively explanatorily

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