Another Word For EXPLAIN

explicate

Verb : (transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail.

excuse

Verb : (transitive) To forgive; to pardon.

Verb : (transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.

Verb : (transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.

declare

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.

Verb : (card games) To show one's cards in order to score.

elucidate

Verb : (transitive) To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.

clarifying

Noun : A clarification.

Adjective : Providing clarity; making clear.

Adjective : Removing impurities or particulates.

define

Verb : To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.

Verb : (obsolete) To settle, decide (an argument etc.)

Verb : To express the essential nature of something.

explanation

Noun : The act or process of explaining.

Noun : Something that explains, makes understandable.

Noun : A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.

explanatory

Adjective : Intended to serve as an explanation.

Adjective : (of a person) Disposed to explain.

specify

Verb : (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.

Verb : (transitive) To include in a specification.

Verb : (transitive) To bring about a specific result.

comment

Verb : (transitive) To remark.

Verb : (intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.

mention

Verb : To make a short reference to something.

Verb : (philosophy, linguistics) To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.

indicate

Verb : To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

Verb : To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies.

Verb : To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.

result

Verb : To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.

Verb : (intransitive, followed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about

Verb : (law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.

attributable

Adjective : Capable of being attributed.

Adjective : Allowed to be attributed.

understand

Verb : (transitive) (of words, statements, art, etc.) To know the meaning of.

Verb : (transitive) (of people) To know the intent, motives or nature of or (of events) to know the causes of or reasons for.

Verb : To believe, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.

demonstrate

Verb : (transitive) to show how to use (something).

Verb : to show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.

Verb : (intransitive) to participate in or organize a demonstration.

expound

Verb : (transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length

Verb : (intransitive, with on or upon) To make a statement, especially at length.

answer

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To make a reply or response to.

Verb : (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.

tell

Verb : (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.

Verb : (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.

Verb : (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.

rationale

Noun : An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.

Noun : A justification or rationalization for something.

Noun : (rare, religion) A liturgical vestment worn by some Christian bishops of various denominations.

communicate

Verb : To impart

Verb : (transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.

Verb : (transitive) To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.

introduce

Verb : (transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).

Verb : (transitive) To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.

Verb : (transitive) To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.

reason

Verb : (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational

Verb : (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To converse; to compare opinions.

understanding

Noun : (gerund, uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment.

Noun : (countable) Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer.

Noun : (countable) Opinion, judgement, or outlook.

rationalize

Verb : To make something rational or more rational.

Verb : To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable act, and by which one offers to oneself and the world a better motive for one's action than the true motive”

Verb : (mathematics) To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.

identify

Verb : (transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.

Verb : (transitive) To disclose the identity of someone.

Verb : (transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.

discuss

Verb : (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.

show

Verb : (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).

Verb : (transitive) To bestow; to confer.

Verb : (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.

inform

Verb : (archaic, transitive) To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).

Verb : (transitive) To communicate knowledge to.

Verb : (intransitive) To impart information or knowledge.

substantiate

Verb : (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate

Verb : (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents

statement

Verb : (transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

proclaim

Verb : To announce or declare.

Verb : (dated or historical) To make [something] the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers

advise

Verb : (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

Verb : (transitive) To recommend; to offer as advice.

Verb : (transitive) To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated.

talk

Verb : (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.

Verb : (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.

Verb : (transitive) To speak (a certain language).

teach

Verb : (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.

Verb : (intransitive, stative) To pass on knowledge generally, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.

Verb : (ditransitive) To cause (someone) to learn or understand (something).

convince

Verb : To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.

Verb : To persuade.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.

describe

Verb : (transitive) To represent in words.

Verb : (transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.

Verb : (transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.

instruct

Verb : (transitive) To teach by giving instructions.

Verb : (transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.

Verb : (transitive) To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.

declaration

Noun : A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.

Noun : A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.

Noun : The act or process of declaring.

justify

Verb : (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.

Verb : (transitive) To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.

Verb : (transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.

make

Verb : (transitive) To create.

Verb : To build, construct, produce, or originate.

Verb : To write or compose.

speak

Verb : (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.

Verb : (intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.

Verb : (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.

articulate

Adjective : Clear; effective.

Adjective : Speaking in a clear and effective manner.

Adjective : Consisting of segments united by joints.

interpretative

Adjective : Marked by interpretation.

demystify

Verb : (transitive) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.

educate

Verb : to instruct or train

put

Verb : To place something somewhere.

Verb : To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.

Verb : (finance) To exercise a put option.

interpret

Verb : To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.

Verb : To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.

Verb : To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation

counsel

Verb : (transitive) To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).

Verb : (transitive) To recommend (a course of action).

note

Verb : (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.

Verb : (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.

Verb : (transitive) To denote; to designate.

expose

Verb : (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).

Verb : (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.

Verb : (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.

share

Verb : To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.

Verb : To have or use in common.

Verb : To divide and distribute.

say

Verb : (transitive) To pronounce.

Verb : (transitive) To recite.

Verb : (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.

present

Noun : The current moment or period of time.

Noun : (grammar) The present tense.

Noun : A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.

motivate

Verb : (transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.

Verb : (transitive) To animate; to propel; to cause to take action

give

Verb : (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

Verb : To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

Verb : To make a present or gift of.

elaborate

Adjective : Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.

Adjective : Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.

Verb : (transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.

provide

Verb : To make a living; earn money for necessities.

Verb : To act to prepare for something.

Verb : To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.

warrant

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To protect, keep safe (from danger).

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).

Verb : (transitive) To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).

due

Adjective : Owed or owing.

Adjective : Appropriate.

Adjective : Scheduled; expected.

argue

Verb : To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.

Verb : (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.

Verb : (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.

description

Noun : A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

Noun : The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

Noun : A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.

convey

Verb : To move (something) from one place to another.

Verb : (dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.

Verb : To communicate; to make known; to portray.

outline

Verb : (transitive) To draw an outline of.

Verb : (transitive) To summarize.

Verb : (transitive, software compilation) To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.

highlight

Noun : (painting, photography) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.

Noun : (figurative) An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.

Noun : (cosmetics) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.

spell

Verb : To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

Verb : (intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.

clear

Adjective : Transparent in colour.

Adjective : Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.

Adjective : Free of obstacles.

account

Verb : To provide explanation.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify.

Verb : (intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc.

illustrate

Verb : (obsolete) To shed light upon.

Verb : (figurative) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.

Verb : To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.

enlighten

Verb : (transitive) To supply with light.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.

illuminate

Verb : (transitive) To shine light on something.

Verb : (transitive) To decorate something with lights.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.

underlie

Verb : (intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath something.

Verb : (transitive) To lie under or beneath.

Verb : (transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.

inexplicable

Adjective : Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.

clarify

Verb : (of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter.

Verb : To make clear or easily understood; to explain in order to remove doubt or obscurity.

Verb : (ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.

decipher

Verb : (transitive) To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.

Verb : (transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure

Verb : (transitive) To make sense of a complex situation.

attributed

Adjective : (programming) decorated with an attribute

refine

Verb : (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.

Verb : (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.

Verb : (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.

reflect

Verb : (transitive) To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.

Verb : (intransitive) To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.

Verb : (transitive) To mirror, or show the image of something.

angel

Verb : (transitive, theater, slang) To support by donating money.

state

Verb : (transitive) To declare to be a fact.

Verb : (transitive) To make known.

express

Noun : A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.

Noun : A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.

Noun : An express rifle.

iain

Noun : A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English John.

accounted

Verb : To provide explanation.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify.

Verb : (intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc.

reasons

Noun : A cause:

Noun : That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.

Noun : A motive for an action or a determination.

summarize

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.

examine

Verb : to observe or inspect carefully or critically

Verb : to check the health or condition of something or someone

Verb : to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination

analyze

Verb : (transitive) To subject to analysis.

Verb : (transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.

Verb : (transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.

allude

Verb : (intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion.

suggest

Verb : (transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).

Verb : (transitive) To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).

Verb : (transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it

investigate

Verb : (transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.

Verb : (transitive) To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.

Verb : (intransitive) To conduct an inquiry or examination.

emphasize

Verb : (transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

comprehend

Verb : (now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.

Verb : To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.

observe

Verb : (transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.

Verb : (transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).

Verb : (transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).

describing

Verb : (transitive) To represent in words.

Verb : (transitive) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.

Verb : (transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.

quantify

Verb : To assign a quantity to.

Verb : To determine the value of (a variable or expression).

Verb : (logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).

summarise

Verb : (British spelling) Alternative form of summarize. [(transitive, intransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).]

surmise

Noun : Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.

Noun : Reflection; thought; posit.

analyse

Verb : Britain standard spelling of analyze.

dissect

Verb : (transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.

Verb : (transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.

Verb : (transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.

speculate

Verb : (obsolete, intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.

Verb : (intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.

Verb : (intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.

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