VERB | communication | explain, explicate | make plain and comprehensible |
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communication | explain | define | |
communication | explain, excuse | serve as a reason / reason or cause or justification of |
Sounds | ihkspley'n | |
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Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... |
Meaning | make plain and comprehensible. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Model | Sam and Sue explain the movie | |
Example | "He explained the laws of physics to his students" | |
Synonym | explicate | |
Narrower | account for | Give reasons for |
clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible | |
comment | explain or interpret something | |
naturalize | explain with reference to nature | |
rede, interpret | Give an interpretation or explanation to | |
Broader | inform | Impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
Spanish | explicar | |
Catalan | explanar, explicar | |
Adjectives | explanatory | serving or intended to explain or make clear |
Nouns | explanation | the act of explaining |
Meaning | define. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Model | They explain that there was a traffic accident | |
Example | "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean" | |
Broader | state, say, tell | Express in words / words |
Spanish | explicar | |
Catalan | explanar, explicar | |
Adjectives | explanatory | serving or intended to explain or make clear |
Nouns | explanation | a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. |
Meaning | Serve as a reason / reason or cause or justification of. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again" | |
Synonym | excuse | |
Narrower | alibi | exonerate by means of an alibi |
Broader | justify, vindicate | show to be right by providing justification or proof |
Spanish | excusar, explicar | |
Catalan | explicar | |
Nouns | explanation | the act of explaining |
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