Another Word For EXPLAIN

explicate

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

excuse

Verb : (transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.

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

Verb : (transitive) To provide an excuse for; to justify.

declare

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

Verb : (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.

Verb : (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.

elucidate

Verb : (figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.

Verb : (obsolete) To make (something) lucid (“bright, luminous; also, clear, transparent”).

clarifying

Adjective : Providing clarity; making clear.

Noun : A clarification.

Adjective : Removing impurities or particulates.

define

Verb : To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.

Verb : To express the essential nature of something.

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

explanation

Noun : Something that explains or makes understandable.

Noun : The act or process of explaining.

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 : (intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.

Verb : (transitive) To remark.

Verb : (transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).

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 : (transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

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

Verb : (transitive, medicine) To show or manifest by symptoms.

result

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

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

Verb : (intransitive, 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, intransitive, of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.

Verb : (transitive, generally) To know the meaning of.

Verb : (transitive, of a skill, task, profession, etc.) To be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly.

demonstrate

Verb : (transitive) To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident

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

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

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 : (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.

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

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

tell

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

Verb : (transitive) To instruct or inform.

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

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

Verb : (intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.

Verb : To share

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 : (ambitransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.

understanding

Noun : (uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.

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

Noun : (countable) An agreement of minds; harmony; something mutually understood or agreed upon.

rationalize

Verb : To justify a discreditable act, or irrational behaviour.

Verb : To make something rational or more rational.

Verb : To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles. This often includes eliminating duplication and grouping like or similar items.

identify

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

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

Verb : (transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.

discuss

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

Verb : (transitive, law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.

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

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 : (transitive) To communicate knowledge to.

Verb : (intransitive) To impart information or knowledge.

Verb : (formal, transitive) To direct, guide.

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 formally give information or notice to; to inform or counsel. [with of ‘what is communicated’]

talk

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

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

Noun : A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.

teach

Verb : (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.

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

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

convince

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

Verb : To persuade.

Verb : (acting) To behave believably in a role; to make someone perceive oneself as the character being portrayed.

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, taxonomy) To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.

instruct

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

Verb : (transitive) To teach by giving instructions.

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 : An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.

Noun : The act or process of declaring.

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

justify

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

Verb : (transitive) To be a good reason behind a normally-unacceptable action; to warrant.

Verb : (reflexive) To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.

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 : (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.

articulate

Verb : (ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.

Verb : (transitive) To make clear or effective.

Verb : (transitive) To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.

interpretative

Adjective : Marked by interpretation.

demystify

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

educate

Verb : (transitive) To instruct or train.

put

Verb : To physically place (something or someone somewhere).

Verb : To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign.

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

interpret

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 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 : (intransitive) To convey what a user of one language is saying or signing, in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating, to a user of a different language

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 : To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.

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; to actuate.

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 give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.

Verb : To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.

Verb : To act to prepare for something.

warrant

Verb : (transitive) To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).

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

Verb : (transitive) To guarantee as being true; (colloquial) to believe strongly.

due

Adjective : Owed or owing.

Adjective : Scheduled; expected.

Adjective : Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.

argue

Verb : (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.

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

Verb : (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

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

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

convey

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

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

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

outline

Verb : (transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.

Verb : (transitive) To summarize.

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

highlight

Verb : (transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.

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

Verb : (transitive) To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.

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) Of letters: to compose (a word).

clear

Adjective : Transparent in colour.

Adjective : Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.

Adjective : Free of obstacles.

account

Verb : To provide explanation.

Verb : (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).

Verb : (intransitive) To consider that.

illustrate

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.

Verb : (obsolete) To shed light upon.

enlighten

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

Verb : (transitive) To supply with light.

illuminate

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

Verb : (transitive) To shine light on something.

Verb : (intransitive) To glow; to light up.

underlie

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

Verb : (transitive) To lie under or beneath.

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

inexplicable

Adjective : Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.

Noun : Something that is impossible to explain.

clarify

Verb : (by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.

Verb : (ergative, of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.

Verb : (obsolete) To glorify.

decipher

Verb : (transitive) To convert 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 : (ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.

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

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

reflect

Verb : (intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.

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

Verb : (transitive) To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.

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, either on a regular schedule or as a special or excursion. Express trains often pass through stations along the way without stopping at them.

Noun : (Philippines, chiefly Metro Manila) a public utility vehicle, typically a jeepney, that traverses through an expressway

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

iain

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

accounted

Verb : To provide explanation.

Verb : (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).

Verb : (intransitive) To consider that.

reasons

Noun : (law, plural only) A written judgment or ruling by a judge or similar decision maker.

detail

Noun : An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.

Noun : (countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.

Noun : (uncountable) The small parts that can escape casual notice.

reveal

Verb : (transitive) To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.

Noun : (cinematography, narratology, comedy, usually informal) A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.

Verb : (transitive) To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.

portray

Verb : To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.

Verb : (figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.

Verb : (figuratively) To represent by an image or look.

exemplify

Verb : (transitive) To show or illustrate by example.

Verb : (transitive) To be an instance of or serve as an example.

Verb : (transitive) To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal.

summarize

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

Verb : (ambitransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).

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; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.

suggest

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

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

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

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).

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, taxonomy) To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.

comprehend

Verb : (transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb.

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

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).

quantify

Verb : (transitive) 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. [(ambitransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).]

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