transcription, транскрипция: [ ik-ˈsplān ]
verb
Etymology: Middle English explanen, from Latin explanare, literally, to make level, from ex- + planus level, flat — more at floor
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to make known
explain the secret of your success
b. : to make plain or understandable
footnotes that explain the terms
2. : to give the reason for or cause of
unable to explain his strange conduct
3. : to show the logical development or relationships of
explain ed the new theory
intransitive verb
: to make something plain or understandable
a report that suggests rather than explain s
• ex·plain·able -ˈsplā-nə-bəl adjective
• ex·plain·er noun
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- explain oneself
Synonyms:
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 the rules
expound implies a careful often elaborate explanation
expounding a scientific theory
explicate adds the idea of a developed or detailed analysis
explicate a poem
elucidate stresses the throwing of light upon as by offering details or motives previously unclear or only implicit
elucidate an obscure passage
interpret adds to explain the need for imagination or sympathy or special knowledge in dealing with something
interpreting a work of art