EXPLAIN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • serve as a reason or cause or justification of
   Synonym(s)
   • excuse (what does excuse mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work
   • Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date again
   Hypernyms(s) explain is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • justify (what does justify mean?)
   • vindicate (what does vindicate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • alibi (what does alibi mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • explanation (what does explanation mean?)
   • excuse (what does excuse mean?)
   • alibi (what does alibi mean?)
   • exculpation (what does exculpation mean?)
   • self-justification (what does self-justification mean?)
2. Meaning
   • make palin and comprehensible
   Synonym(s)
   • explicate (what does explicate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He explained the laws of physics to his students
   Hypernyms(s) explain is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inform (what does inform mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • interpret (what does interpret mean?)
   • account for (what does account for mean?)
   • naturalize (what does naturalize mean?)
   • clarify (what does clarify mean?)
   • clear up (what does clear up mean?)
   • elucidate (what does elucidate mean?)
   • comment (what does comment mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • explication (what does explication mean?)
   • explication (what does explication mean?)
   • explanation (what does explanation mean?)
3. Meaning
   • define
   Usage Example(s)
   • The committe explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean
   Hypernyms(s) explain is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • state (what does state mean?)
   • say (what does say mean?)
   • tell (what does tell mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • explanation (what does explanation mean?)
   • account (what does account mean?)