expliquer

Meaning

to explain

Concepts

explain

account for

explicate

clarify

elucidate

expound

clear

translate

construe

tell

declare

give an accounting for

unfold

unroll

account

preach

excuse

enlighten

shed light on

show

set forth

unfurl

explain away

advocate

persuade

give an explanation

interpret

clear up

crystalise

crystalize

crystallise

crystallize

illuminate

sort out

straighten out

argue

reason

develop

formulate

set out

get straight

exemplify

display

narrate

offload

outline

spell out

zoom in

justify

comprise

denote

embrass

harbinger

hold back

mean

prophesy

refrain

say

spell

think

utter

signify

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛk.spli.ke/
Etymology

From Middle French expliquer (14th c.), a borrowing from Latin explicāre. Doublet of éployer.

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