to explain
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To explain is to make something clear or understandable by describing it, giving reasons, or breaking it down: Let me explain how this works, She explained her decision to leave.
The word implies that the listener lacks understanding and the speaker aims to remedy that.
To explain away is to minimize or dismiss something troubling through rationalization: He tried to explain away the discrepancy.
- clarifyMake something understandable
- make clearRemove confusion about something
- clear upResolve or brighten
- describeConvey in words
- put into wordsExpress through speech
illustrate · elucidate · shed light on · interpret · convey · get across · teach · demonstrate · lay out · unpack · spell out · break down · simplify · dumb down · translate · enlighten · inform · fill in
- clarifying languagenamely, specifically, in other words, that is, for example
- clarifiersi.e., e.g., namely, meaning, specifically
- clarifying phrasesi.e., that is, namely, to clarify, meaning
explain, explains, explained, explaining, explainer, explainers, explainable, unexplained, unexplainable