EXPLAIN definition: to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible. See examples of explain used in a sentence.

explain, expound, explicate, elucidate, interpret mean to make something clear or understandable. explain implies a making plain or intelligible what is not immediately obvious or entirely known.

EXPLAIN definition: 1. to make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it: 2…. Learn more.

explain /ɪkˈspleɪn/ vb (when tr, may take a clause as object) to make (something) comprehensible, esp by giving a clear and detailed account of the relevant structure, operation, surrounding circumstances, …

2 dagen geleden · explain (third-person singular simple present explains, present participle explaining, simple past and past participle explained) (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear …

EXPLAIN meaning: 1 : to make (something) clear or easy to understand; 2 : to tell, show, or be the reason for or cause of something

Definition of explain verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you explain, or explain something that has happened, you give people reasons for it, especially in an attempt to justify it. "Let me explain, sir."—"Don't tell me about it. I don't want to know." Before she ran …

explain, v. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Synonyms: explain, elucidate, explicate, interpret, construe These verbs mean to make the nature or meaning of something understandable. Explain is the most widely applicable: The professor used a …