EXPLICIT


Meaning of EXPLICIT in English

1.

Something that is ~ is expressed or shown clearly and openly, without any attempt to hide anything.

...sexually ~ scenes in films and books.

...~ references to age in recruitment advertising.

= overt

? implicit

ADJ

~ly

The play was the first commercially successful work dealing ~ly with homosexuality...

= overtly

ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj

~ness

When the book was published, the energy and ~ness caught the popular imagination.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If you are ~ about something, you speak about it very openly and clearly.

He was ~ about his intention to overhaul the party’s internal voting system.

ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n

~ly

She has been talking very ~ly about AIDS to these groups.

ADV: ADV with v

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