Word Finder - explain

definition

To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.

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To explain a chapter of the Bible.

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To give a valid excuse for past behavior.

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To make flat, smooth out.

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To unfold or make visible.

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To make something plain or intelligible.

Let him explain all of it to his mother.

There are three small rooms upstairs but we'll explain about them later.

I tried to think of the best way to explain my feelings.

It was hard to explain how her beauty was different than so many others, but it was.

She so wanted a word from him that would explain to her what had happened and to which she could find no answer.

That didn't explain what she had seen at the building.

That would explain why he couldn't be found.

Nicholas, I'll explain to you.

I can explain in detail in person, but it's important I see you now.

I will always meet you both for dinner again to explain, if it helps you.

Of course I don't try to explain everything.

Any of our infrequent visitors or friends asking about the operation quickly developed a bleary look when we tried to explain what we did for a living.

Look, I really want to see her and explain to her everything we do.

That is how I explain it to myself.

Didn't I explain to you?

Neither tried to explain their answers.

He didn't have to explain how accusing his opponent would be perceived, especially after their acrimonious debate.

And these are the three ways in which the historians do explain the relation of the people to their rulers.

Nothing could explain the sadness she felt at that discovery.

She seemed to be trying to fathom the hidden meaning of his words which would explain his feeling for her.

Martha, let me explain to you about love.

This may explain the reason why Helen claims persistently that "The Frost King" is her own story.

Prince Andrew, seeing that his father insisted, began--at first reluctantly, but gradually with more and more animation, and from habit changing unconsciously from Russian to French as he went on--to explain the plan of operation for the coming campaign.

That was my entry to explain to Brennan my pending problems with the Keene detective.

I refer to the "Frost King" episode, which I shall explain in detail.

Explain the situation—they know you're on a jury.

Sometimes the new technology so overwhelms the old that when looking back, we explain the old technology in terms of the new.

I'm counting on you to explain everything calmly.

But if I went elsewhere, how would I explain a gunshot wound?

Good, he could explain why he wasn't available today, though it should be obvious.

The book exists for us, perchance, which will explain our miracles and reveal new ones.

He doesn't understand, so I must explain it, and he must hear me out, thought the old prince.

No, nothing could explain the exchange she witnessed.

That might explain the way he stuck his head inside the car.

The more we try to explain such events in history reasonably, the more unreasonable and incomprehensible do they become to us.

Her cheeks flushed again and in her desperate search for something to explain her preoccupation, she plunged into the subject of the curtains.

It would certainly explain Cade's actions.

I was resigned it was my duty to explain the situation, with or without Howie's input, but Betsy interrupted before I could begin.

She wanted to explain herself more thoroughly but I shushed her and continued with business.

Maybe she can explain to him why you stripped her of weapons.

In reality, however, it was not, and could not be, possible to explain the burning of Moscow by making any individual, or any group of people, responsible for it.

Let me explain this characterization.

My goal is to explain how we can all get there from here.

How can I explain it to you?

How do I explain what I don't know to strangers?

I calmed down enough to explain the situation before ending the conversation.

She couldn't explain the sense that she didn't belong despite the pictures of her and Jonny on the walls and all her things sprinkled around the room.

Did the doc explain your mood swings, too?

Uncertain how to explain things, she turned and swept her pink-dyed hair from her back to show him the mating mark.

I don't know how to explain it.