EXPLAIN AWAY

Meaning of EXPLAIN AWAY in English

Function: transitive verb

Date: 1704

1 : to get rid of by or as if by explanation

2 : to minimize the significance of by or as if by explanation <explains his faults, but does not try to explain them away ― M. K. Spears>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

EXPLAIN AWAY — transitive verb Date: 1704 to get rid of by or as if by explanation, to minimize the significance of by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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 — [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

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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