EXPLAIN AWAY

Meaning of EXPLAIN AWAY in English

transitive verb Date: 1704 to get rid of by or as if by explanation, to minimize the significance of by or as if by explanation

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

EXPLAIN AWAY — transitive verb transitive verb 1. : to get rid of by or as if by explanation was trying to speak …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EXPLAIN AWAY — make clear, elucidate, clarify, justify, excuse
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EXPLAIN AWAY — Date: 1704 1. : to get rid of by or as if by explanation 2. : to minimize the significance …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EXPLAIN AWAY — Function: transitive verb Date: 1704 1 : to get rid of by or as if by explanation 2 : to …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EXPLAIN AWAY — [explain away] vt (1704) 1: to get rid of by or as if by explanation 2: to minimize the significance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EXPLAIN AWAY — If someone explains away a mistake or a bad situation they are responsible for, they try to indicate that it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EXPLAIN AWAY — If someone explains away a mistake or a bad situation they are responsible for, they try to indicate that it …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
EXPLAIN AWAY — {v.} To explain (something) so that it does not seem true or important. * /John explained away his unfinished homework …
Slang English vocab
EXPLAIN AWAY — Function: verb Synonyms: EXPLAIN 3, account, justify, rationalize
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EXPLAIN AWAY — verb Synonyms: explain 3, account, justify, rationalize
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
EXPLAIN AWAY — See ↑ REASON 6
Longman Activator English vocab
EXPLAIN AWAY — {v.} To explain (something) so that it does not seem true or important. * /John explained away his unfinished homework …
Словарь английских идиом
EXPLAIN AWAY — v. To explain (something) so that it does not seem true or important. John explained away his unfinished homework by …
American Idioms English vocabulary
EXPLAIN AWAY — оправдываться; объяснять свою невиновность; приводить доводы в свою защиту The criminal tried to explain away the false signature, but it …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EXPLAIN AWAY — phr v отделываться (поверхностным) объяснением; оправдываться, отговариваться it will be difficult to explain away this error - найти оправдания для …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EXPLAIN AWAY — оправдываться
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EXPLAIN AWAY — phr v отделываться (поверхностным) объяснением; оправдываться, отговариваться it will be difficult to ~ this error - найти оправдания для этой …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
EXPLAIN AWAY — phr v отделываться (поверхностным) объяснением; оправдываться, отговариваться it will be difficult to explain away this error - найти оправдания для …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EXPLAIN AWAY — оправдываться, отговариваться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EXPLAIN AWAY — оправдываться, отговариваться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EXPLAIN AWAY — фраз. гл. оправдываться; объяснять свою невиновность; приводить доводы в свою защиту The criminal tried to explain away the false signature, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EXPLAIN AWAY — фраз. гл. оправдываться; объяснять свою невиновность; приводить доводы в свою защиту The criminal tried to explain away the false signature, but …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EXPLAIN AWAY — оправдываться The criminal tried to explain away the false signature, but it was clear that he was guilty.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
EXPLAIN AWAY — оправдываться The criminal tried to explain away the false signature, but it was clear that he was guilty.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
EXPLAIN AWAY — оправдываться
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
EXPLAIN AWAY — оправдываться; объяснять свою невиновность; приводить доводы в свою защиту The criminal tried to explain away the false signature, but it …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
AWAY — I. əˈwā adverb Etymology: Middle English away, on way, from Old English aweg, onweg, from a- (I) , on + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EXPLAIN — ikˈsplān, ek- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English explanen, from Latin explanare to level, make plain or clear, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EXPLAIN — — explainable , adj. — explainer, explanator /ek"spleuh nay'teuhr/ , n. /ik splayn"/ , v.t. 1. to make plain or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AWAY — /euh way"/ , adv. 1. from this or that place; off: to go away. 2. aside; to another place; in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AWAY — I. ə-ˈwā adverb Date: before 12th century 1. : on the way : along get away early 2. : from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EXPLAIN — verb Etymology: Middle English explanen, from Latin explanare, literally, to make level, from ex- + planus level, flat — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EXPLAIN — vi to give an explanation. 2. explain ·adj to flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. 3. explain ·adj …
Webster English vocab
AWAY — adv from a place; hence. 2. away ·adv aside; off; in another direction. 3. away ·adv from a state or …
Webster English vocab
EXPLAIN — [ex.plain] vb [ME explanen, fr. L explanare, lit., to make level, fr. ex- + planus level, flat--more at floor] vt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AWAY — [away] adv (bef. 12c) 1: on the way: along "get ~ early" 2: from this or that place: hence, thence …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EXPLAIN — explain BrE AmE ɪk ˈspleɪn ek-, ək- ▷ explain|ed d ▷ explain|ing ɪŋ ▷ explain|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EXPLAIN — / ɪkˈspleɪn; NAmE / verb 1. explain sth (to sb) to tell sb about sth in a way that makes …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AWAY — / əˈweɪ; NAmE / adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of away in phrasal verbs, look at the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EXPLAIN — ex ‧ plain S1 W1 /ɪkˈspleɪn/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive] [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ unexplained , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AWAY — I. a ‧ way 1 S1 W1 /əˈweɪ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: onweg , aweg …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EXPLAIN — v.tr. 1 make clear or intelligible with detailed information etc. (also absol. : let me explain). 2 (foll. by that …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AWAY — adv., adj., & n. --adv. 1 to or at a distance from the place, person, or thing in question (go …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EXPLAIN — v.tr. 1 make clear or intelligible with detailed information etc. (also absol. : let me explain). 2 (foll. by that …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AWAY — adv., adj., & n. adv. 1 to or at a distance from the place, person, or thing in question (go …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EXPLAIN — v.tr. 1. make clear or intelligible with detailed information etc. (also absol. : let me explain). 2 (foll. by that …
Oxford English vocab
AWAY — adv., adj., & n. --adv. 1. to or at a distance from the place, person, or thing in question (go …
Oxford English vocab
EXPLAIN — ( explains, explaining, explained) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AWAY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Away' is often used with verbs …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EXPLAIN — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES describe/explain sth in detail ▪ The doctor spent time describing the treatment in detail to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AWAY — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car drives off/away ▪ The police car drove off at top speed. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EXPLAIN — [verb] - to make (something) clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about itIf there's anything you …
Cambridge English vocab
AWAY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EXPLAIN — v. Function: verb 1 to make something comprehensible or more comprehensible FF1C; a commentary that explains the allegory FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AWAY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AWAY — adj. Function: adverb 1 from this or that place FF1C; come away at once FF1E; Synonyms: hence, thence Related Words: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AWAY — I. adverb 1. from this or that place come away at once Synonyms: hence, thence Related Word: forth, out, therefrom …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
EXPLAIN — verb 1. to make something comprehensible or more comprehensible a commentary that explains the allegory Synonyms: construe, explicate, expound, interpret, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
EXPLAIN — verb ADVERB ▪ in detail ▪ I ~ed the issues in great detail. ▪ fully ▪ The reasons for the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EXPLAIN — INDEX: 1. to explain something 2. what you say when you are going to explain something 3. to explain something …
Longman Activator English vocab
EXPLAIN — See ↑ EXPLAIN 1, ↑ REASON 4,6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ let me explain
Longman Activator English vocab
AWAY — See ↑ DISTANCE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a long way off/far off/far away • ↑ at once/right away • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
AWAY — adj. 25B6; adverb she began to walk away : OFF, from here, from there. stay away from the trouble : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EXPLAIN — v. 1 interpret, define, explicate, detail, delineate, make plain, simplify, spell out, resolve, get across, clarify, clear up, elucidate, illustrate, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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