It would take forever for me to explain everything.
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Explain
/ɪkˈspleɪn/
Synonyms for "explain" (509 found)
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Closest matches (102)
Verb(31 words)
clarifyexplicateillustratejustifyabsolveaccountedamplifyanalogizesanalyze graphsannotateannotatedannotatesansweringascribesbiologizebiologizesbiologizingcaptionedclarifiedclarifies
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clarify dataclarify the issueclear up confusionclearedclearscommentatescommunicated findingscommunicatescompare and contrastconstruedcontextualized
absolveaccountaccount foracquitaidalibiallegorizeanalyzeanswerbottombreak downbriefclarifyclearclear the wayclear upcommentcondoneconstruecrack
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cry sour grapes
Noun(41 words)
account for individual differencesaccountingaccountsanalyze chemical sampleanalyze sampleannotated textanswer questionsas demonstrated bybackgroundbiologize findingsbiologize science topicsbiologize the topicbudgeting conceptcaption for watercarrying capacity modelcastcharacterizingclarifyingclarifying questionclear conversational language
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clear definitionclear descriptionclear design systemclear englishclear explanationclear expressionclear imageclear online community guidelinesclear programming-language syntaxclear scientific representationclear teachingclearingclearly defined purposecognitive structurecommentcommentingconstructed exampleconstruingcover a topiccoveringdebrief
Adjective(9 words)
anatomical joint relatedarticulentcalm talkclear argumentclear designclear educational valueclear goalsclear processescorrect step
Strong matches (153)
debugdecipherdecodedefinedelineatedemonstratedemythologizedescentdescribedestigmatizedetaildisclosediscoursedisentangledivinedodo justice todopedope outease
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educateelaborateelucidateenlighteneuhemerizeexculpateexcuseexemplifyexonerateexpediteexplain awayexplicateexpositexpoundextenuatefacilitatefathomfigure outfind outfind the answerfind the solutiongetget acrossget overget rightgive reason forgive the meaningglossgloss overgreasegrease the waysgrease the wheelsguessguess rightharanguehastenhave ithelphelp alonghit ithit the nail on the headhold forthilluminate
Noun(40 words)
decipheringdefiningdefining termdefining worddemonstrate duetdemonstrated forcefulnessdemonstratingdemonstrating a trenddescribe physical quantitydescribingdescriptive textdesert life descriptiondetail traitsdetail typedetail worddetailingdetailing processdisentanglingdocument elementdocument feature
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documentingedifying videoeducatingelaborate instructionsevidencing reasoningexcusesexcusingexegeteexplainingexplicatingexpoundingflow of controlflowchart sketchform of instructiongerman artikulierenglossgloss layergloss terracotta lookglossesglossing
Verb(41 words)
decodesdefenddefineddefinesdemoeddemonstratedemonstrate conceptdemonstrate methodsdemonstrate resultsdemonstrate truthdemonstratesdemystifydepictingdescribedescribe energy flowdescribeddescribesdirectdisclosediscuss
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discuss resultsdiscussesedifiedelucidateelucidatedelucidateselucidatingenlightensexcuseexplicatedexplicatesexpoundedexpoundsexpress clearlyfill the logical gapgerman demonstrierenglossedhumanizeilluminatedilluminatesillumined
Adjective(9 words)
descriptive findingdescriptive labeldetaileddiagonal resultant forceelaborate descriptionenlighteningfacetedgeographic surfaceilluminating
Related words (254)
Noun(106 words)
illuminingillustrate cyclesinterpret biologicallyinterpret textinterpretingisolated system modelitalian articolareitalian rivelarejustify the claimjustifyinglaid outlanguage use in contextlay outlayoutleading historical pieceslearning oriented termlecture only instructionlecturing onlylimited justificationliteralizing
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living organism studymake visiblemodelmore evidencedmore presentmoving average trend analysisnon maoist campaignnormal force conceptnote observationsorientph demonstration sampleplain featureplainly writtenplant stress responsepopularizingpredictive modelingprefix suffix lessonpresent an argumentpresent and accounted forpresent health informationpresent informationpresent progressivepresent testimonials in portfolioproperty termprovide reasonspseudocode writingquery processingreading descriptorreasonreasoned argumentreasoningreasonsreduce academic inarticulacyretellingroadmapsalvessample for analysisschool showscience class lessonset outshared history narrativeshow and tellshows and tellssilence a rumorsocializing opportunitiesspeaking abilityspellspring potential energy formulastate clearlystate legislature processstem cell linestorytelling qualitystructure descriptorsupplysyllabus guidetalk throughtalksteaching energy conceptteaching itemsteaching languageteaching methodsteaching model demonstrationteaching sample handoutteaching subjectteaching systemsteaching themetell firsthandterm of descriptiontextbook registertheory change lessonthrowstrace route outputtypifyingundeceivingunravelingunravellinguntwist meaninguntwistingusability designverbalizingwalkwalkswater cycle lessonwater treatment topicwetland water cycleword class property
illustrateinterpretjustifylecturelegitimatelegitimatizelightlooselubricatemake clearmake it clearmake outmake plainmake way formoralizeoilopenopen the lockopen the wayopen up
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palliateparaphrasepave the wayplumbpoint a moralpopularizepreachprepare the waypsychpsych outpurgeput acrossput overpuzzle outquickenrationalizeravelravel outread a lessonrehabilitatereinstateremove frictionrenderresolverestoreriddlerun interference forsermonizeshed light uponshowshow howshow the waysimplifysmoothsmooth the waysoap the wayssolvesort outspeedspell outstatetellthrow light upontranslateunbarunblockunclogundounfoldunjamunlockunravelunriddleunscrambleuntangleuntwistunweavevindicatevulgarizewarrantworkwork out
Verb(58 words)
illustrate trendillustratedillustratesinforminformsinstructinstructsinterjectsinterpret body-languageinterpret datainterpret historyinterpretedinterpretsintroducejustifieslaying outmake an argumentmotivatesoralizephilosophized
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physiologizeplacatepopularizedportrayingpresented datapresentingpropoundprove a theorempsychoanalyzesrationalizerationalizedrationalizesrepresentreveal actionsensifyset out detailsshare insightsshowshow stepsshow your worksimulate living systemsspeak in publicspecifyteachteach a foreign tongueteach place valueunderstandunpacksunravelunraveledunravelledunravelsunsnarluntangleuntangleduntanglesupsolveverbalized emotions
Adjective(7 words)
illustrative diagrampublic finance effectsreasoned justificationrelevant detailssmall detailtrue understandingunderlying
Determiner(1 words)
more background
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More general
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6 entriesCollocations
5 entriesclear explanationdetailed explanationsimple explanationstep by step explanationstudent explanation
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
164 translations across 90 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- shpjegoj verb (to make intelligible)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἐξηγέομαι verb (to make intelligible)
- ἑρμηνεύω verb (to make intelligible)
Arabic
4 entries- أَبَانَ verb (to make intelligible)
- شرح verb (to make intelligible)
- شَرَحَ verb (to make intelligible)
- فهم verb (to make intelligible)
Armenian
1 entries- բացատրել verb (to make intelligible)
Aromanian
1 entries- exiyisescu verb (to make intelligible)
Asturian
1 entries- esplicar verb (to make intelligible)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- açıqlamaq verb (to make intelligible)
- başa salmaq verb (to make intelligible)
- izah etmək verb (to make intelligible)
Basque
1 entries- azaldu verb (to make intelligible)
Belarusian
4 entries- аб'ясьня́ць verb (to make intelligible)
- аб'ясьні́ць verb (to make intelligible)
- растлума́чыць verb (to make intelligible)
- тлума́чыць verb (to make intelligible)
Bengali
2 entries- বোঝান verb (to make intelligible)
- ভাষ্য করা verb (to make intelligible)
Bulgarian
1 entries- обясня́вам verb (to make intelligible)
Burmese
4 entries- ဖြေရှင်း verb (to make intelligible)
- ဖွင့် verb (to make intelligible)
- ရှင်းပြ verb (to make intelligible)
- လင်း verb (to make intelligible)
Catalan
1 entries- explicar verb (to make intelligible)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 解釋 /解释 verb (to make intelligible)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 解釋 /解释 verb (to make intelligible)
- 說明 /说明 verb (to make intelligible)
- 闡釋 /阐释 verb (to make intelligible)
Chuukese
1 entries- awewe verb (to make intelligible)
Czech
2 entries- vysvětlit verb (to make intelligible)
- vysvětlovat verb (to make intelligible)
Danish
1 entries- forklare verb (to make intelligible)
Dutch
3 entries- toelichten verb (to make intelligible)
- uitleggen verb (to make intelligible)
- verklaren verb (to make intelligible)
Esperanto
1 entries- klarigi verb (to make intelligible)
Estonian
2 entries- seletama verb (to make intelligible)
- selgitama verb (to make intelligible)
Finnish
2 entries- selittää verb (to make intelligible)
- selostaa verb (to make intelligible)
French
1 entries- expliquer verb (to make intelligible)
Galician
1 entries- explicar verb (to make intelligible)
Georgian
2 entries- ახსნა verb (to make intelligible)
- განმარტება verb (to make intelligible)
German
2 entries- erklären verb (to make intelligible)
- erläutern verb (to make intelligible)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to make intelligible)
Greek
1 entries- εξηγώ verb (to make intelligible)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִסְבִּיר verb (to make intelligible)
Hindi
1 entries- समझाना verb (to make intelligible)
Hungarian
4 entries- elmagyaráz verb (to make intelligible)
- kifejt verb (to make intelligible)
- magyaráz verb (to make intelligible)
- megmagyaráz verb (to make intelligible)
Icelandic
1 entries- útskýra verb (to make intelligible)
Ido
1 entries- explikar verb (to make intelligible)
Indonesian
1 entries- menjelaskan verb (to make intelligible)
Ingrian
1 entries- toimittaa verb (to make intelligible)
Interlingua
1 entries- explicar verb (to make intelligible)
Irish
1 entries- mínigh verb (to make intelligible)
Italian
3 entries- chiosare verb (to make intelligible)
- illustrare verb (to make intelligible)
- spiegare verb (to make intelligible)
Japanese
2 entries- 教える verb (to make intelligible)
- 説明する verb (to make intelligible)
Kazakh
1 entries- түсіндіру verb (to make intelligible)
Khmer
4 entries- បន្លែ verb (to make intelligible)
- បំភ្លឺ verb (to make intelligible)
- ពន្យល់ verb (to make intelligible)
- សាធក verb (to make intelligible)
Korean
1 entries- 설명하다 verb (to make intelligible)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- түшүндүрүү verb (to make intelligible)
Lao
1 entries- ອະທິບາຍ verb (to make intelligible)
Latin
2 entries- explicō verb (to make intelligible)
- explānō verb (to make intelligible)
Latvian
1 entries- skaidrot verb (to make intelligible)
Lithuanian
2 entries- aiškinti verb (to make intelligible)
- paaiškinti verb (to make intelligible)
Macedonian
2 entries- објасни verb (to make intelligible)
- објаснува verb (to make intelligible)
Malay
1 entries- menjelaskan verb (to make intelligible)
Mirandese
1 entries- splicar verb (to make intelligible)
Mongolian
1 entries- тайлбарлах verb (to make intelligible)
Māori
2 entries- whakamahuki verb (to make intelligible)
- whakamārama verb (to make intelligible)
Norman
1 entries- explyitchi verb (to make intelligible)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- bas kirin verb (to make intelligible)
- derbirin verb (to make intelligible)
- fesîh kirin verb (to make intelligible)
- qal kirin verb (to make intelligible)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forklare verb (to make intelligible)
Occitan
1 entries- explicar verb (to make intelligible)
Old English
1 entries- reċċan verb (to make intelligible)
Pashto
1 entries- تشريح کول verb (to make intelligible)
Persian
2 entries- توضیح دادن verb (to make intelligible)
- شرح دادن verb (to make intelligible)
Polish
4 entries- objaśniać verb (to make intelligible)
- objaśnić verb (to make intelligible)
- wyjaśniać verb (to make intelligible)
- wyjaśnić verb (to make intelligible)
Portuguese
3 entries- explanar verb (to make intelligible)
- explicar verb (to make intelligible)
- explicitar verb (to make intelligible)
Quechua
1 entries- alayrichiy verb (to make intelligible)
Romanian
1 entries- explica verb (to make intelligible)
Russian
2 entries- объясни́ть verb (to make intelligible)
- объясня́ть verb (to make intelligible)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- objàsniti verb (to make intelligible)
- обја̀снити verb (to make intelligible)
Shan
1 entries- သပ်းလႅင်း verb (to make intelligible)
Slovak
1 entries- vysvetliť verb (to make intelligible)
Slovene
1 entries- pojasniti verb (to make intelligible)
Southern Altai
2 entries- учур айдар verb (to make intelligible)
- чечип айдар verb (to make intelligible)
Spanish
2 entries- explanar verb (to make intelligible)
- explicar verb (to make intelligible)
Swedish
1 entries- förklara verb (to make intelligible)
Tajik
2 entries- шарҳ додан verb (to make intelligible)
- эзоҳ додан verb (to make intelligible)
Tamil
1 entries- விளக்கு verb (to make intelligible)
Tatar
1 entries- аңлатырга verb (to make intelligible)
Telugu
1 entries- వివరించు verb (to make intelligible)
Thai
4 entries- ชี้แจง verb (to make intelligible)
- นิยาม verb (to make intelligible)
- อธิบาย verb (to make intelligible)
- แจง verb (to make intelligible)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ṣärp- verb (to make intelligible)
Turkish
2 entries- açıklamak verb (to make intelligible)
- izah etmek verb (to make intelligible)
Turkmen
1 entries- düşündirmek verb (to make intelligible)
Ukrainian
3 entries- поя́снювати verb (to make intelligible)
- поясни́ти verb (to make intelligible)
- поясня́ти verb (to make intelligible)
Unami
1 entries- wëntamasi verb (to make intelligible)
Urdu
1 entries- سمجھانا verb (to make intelligible)
Uyghur
1 entries- چۈشەندۈرمەك verb (to make intelligible)
Uzbek
2 entries- izohlamoq verb (to make intelligible)
- tushuntirmoq verb (to make intelligible)
Venetan
1 entries- spiegar verb (to make intelligible)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giải thích verb (to make intelligible)
Walloon
2 entries- espliker verb (to make intelligible)
- spliker verb (to make intelligible)
Welsh
1 entries- egluro verb (to make intelligible)
West-Frisian
1 entries- útlizze verb (to make intelligible)
Yiddish
2 entries- דערקלערן verb (to make intelligible)
- מסביר זײַן verb (to make intelligible)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
I can't explain it either.
Source: tatoeba (1452)
It would take me too much time to explain to you why it's not going to work.
Source: tatoeba (1496)
I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.
Source: tatoeba (1497)
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