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explain English

Meaning explain meaning

What does explain mean?
Definitions in simple English

explain Verb

— If you explain something, you talk about it so that somebody can understand it. Can you explain the difference between the two? He explained the difference between the two. Explaining my thoughts on the topic was useless.

explain

— verb make plain and comprehensible He explained the laws of physics to his students — verb define The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean — verb (= excuse) serve as a reason or cause or justification of Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again

Synonyms explain synonyms

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explain English » English

clarify interpret elucidate expound make clear illustrate tell describe teach explicate show account for define translate justify illuminate construe demonstrate solve narrate declare clear up clear account make understand inform unfold preach express exemplify excuse vindicate speak reveal resolve relate reason instruct explanation enlighten comment on unroll unfurl talk state spell out shed light on settle say rinse

Topics explain topics

What do people use explain to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say Talk about a subject

Explain
Language and thought Think Know

Known, unknown
Language and thought Think Know

Secret
Language and thought Teach

Show, explain
Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Markers of identificational and explanatory clauses

Conjugation explain conjugation

How do you conjugate explain?

explain · verb

Examples explain examples

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Simple sentences

Nobody could explain how the thing was made.
Can you explain what PKO stands for?
I will explain it to her.
Can you explain it to me?
I can't explain what happened.
Why don't you explain it all to Tom?
I wish I could explain it better, but I can't.
Tom felt the need to explain.
I'll explain this later.
That would explain your dizziness.
How can I explain this to Tom?
Don't explain anything to me.
I'll explain everything to you.
I expect Tom to explain to me his behavior.
It would take forever for me to explain everything.
It would take forever to explain everything.
I can't explain it either.
It would take me too much time to explain to you why it's not going to work.
I'm so dumb. I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.
It's impossible for me to explain it to you.
Professors should explain everything in detail, not be succinct and always tell students to go home and read their books.
Could you explain how the dishwasher works?
Would you be kind enough to explain it to me?
I'll explain the matter to you later on.
I will need an eternity to explain everything.
I'll explain how to take this medicine.
Explain it in plain terms, please.
Would you explain it in more detail?
Explain it once more, Jerry.
Would you explain it again?
I'm afraid I didn't explain it too well.

Movie subtitles

You have to explain to us..
Explain now, dammit!
Go home to your parents, and explain to them that you have all.
I don't like things that I can't explain and that I don't have at least some sort of control over.
Explain to me what happened slowly.
Okay, here's what you do: you go over, and you sit him down, and explain exactly what it is you're doing.
Hey, go change. I'll explain your parole terms.
I can't explain it.
Care to explain what this is?
Okay, Officers, we can explain this.
I'll explain later.
And, the sooner you can explain your movements that night, the sooner we're going to be sure of that.
But did you explain to her that Susan isn't ill?
I can't be doing with all the whispering and the stares or the having to explain.
No one can better explain it to you.
I'll explain your parole terms.
Listen, I can't explain the world I was in, okay?
Does anyone care to explain the situation to our very own snoozing sweetheart?
Explain yourself.
Let us look into the history of mysticism and try to explain the mysterious chapter known as the Witch.
I cannot explain, but you must never intend to see me again.
I think you'd explain it better than me.
Explain to him that he became famous.
I'll explain.
How can you explain it, then? When she screamed, I realized she was afraid of the knife.
I can explain.
How can you explain that?
Something very strange has occurred and only you can explain it.
She wrote this note to explain it to you.
It's hard to explain what's going on with Lydia.
IF YOU JUST SIT DOWN, WE CAN EXPLAIN.
I'll explain it all to Bernie when he gets home.
How do you explain the fact that there are no scissors in your grooming kit?
Balduin tries to explain the death of the Baron.
Wait, I can explain.
Explain or I'll have you arrested for kidnapping!
I'll explain it.

News and current affairs

And yet there is no denying that the world has become too intricate for any simple, overarching theory to explain complex economic, technological, demographic, and environmental shifts.
Allow me to explain.
And, while a flagging economy may explain a small portion of the drop in US carbon emissions, the EIA emphasizes that the major explanation is natural gas.
Such specificity helps explain why successful countries--China, India, South Korea, and Taiwan, among others--usually combined unorthodox elements with orthodox policies.
CAMBRIDGE - Although I appreciate that exchange rates are never easy to explain or understand, I find today's relatively robust value for the euro somewhat mysterious.
This might explain some right-wing populists' animus against monarchy.
The document is filled with nonsense, such as the fatuous claim that high taxes and over-regulation explain America's high unemployment.
Indeed, this disconnect may explain why polls do not give President Bush the credit for economic management that his strong record would seem to merit.
Such a system does not exist on a global scale today, which may explain how America got into such trouble.
This may explain why, once an emotion is aroused, it is so hard for us to turn it off at will.
If we want Europe to be more legitimate, we must explain how to tie these two dimensions of power.
We must explain to citizens Europe's contribution to public ethics, and the democratic virtues of fair competition in economic, political, and social life.
Information is at work on each level and comfortable theories explain how the separate ones operate.
Our models helped explain why markets didn't work in the way the standard theory said they should: why markets might not exist, why there might be unemployment, why there might be credit rationing.
But a financial crisis does not give policymakers the time that they once had to explain to voters why one step required another.
Because Burma's generals say almost nothing in public, it is difficult to fathom why they allowed elections that elevated Thein Sein to power, or to explain their willingness to embrace dialogue with the long-suppressed opposition.
It would also be useful to explain that immigration is necessary for prosperity and growth in almost all OECD countries.
This helps to explain why a much-weakened France was made a permanent member of the Council - and why Germany and Japan (and a not-yet independent India) were not.
But this does not explain why these groups supposedly hate each other so much.
France was right on this key strategic point, but it was never able to explain its position to its allies.
Unfortunately, no US politician appears willing to explain this bit of common sense to the American public.
Merkel still hasn't figured out how to explain the consequences of the financial and euro crises to the German people.
This may help explain why T3 in Beijing is such a success, and why Chinese are now more united than ever before in condemning attempts to hijack or sully the Olympics for ulterior motives.

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