explain
Significat (anglès)
- To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
- To give a valid excuse for past behavior.
- (obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.
- (obsolete) To unfold or make visible.
- To make something plain or intelligible.
Sinònims
elucidate
make clear
illustrate
declare
make understand
comment on
make plain
decribe
give an explanation
give to
make aware
make evident
make visible
speak about
tell a story
dispel doubts
give a reason
describe minu-tely
elucidate a point
give details
offer a reason
give state reason
give an accounting for
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ɪkˈspleɪn/
Etimologia (anglès)
From Middle English explanen, from Old French explaner, from Latin explanō (“I flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”), from ex- (“out”) + planō (“I flatten, make level”), from planus (“level, plain”); see plain and plane. Compare esplanade, splanade. Displaced Old English reċċan.
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