uitleggen
Meaning
-
- (transitive) to explain
- (transitive) to interpret
Concepts
explain
clarify
construe
lengthen
expound
interpret
translate
elucidate
account for
unfold
clear
explicate
unfurl
unroll
increase
prolong
tell
read
give an accounting for
step up
aggrandize
amplify
augment
enlarge
magnify
stretch out lengthen
account
develop
grow
raise
reveal
unwrap
absolve
articulate
render
stretch out
declare
elongate
extend
strain
tense
widen
display
enlighten
narrate
offload
outline
set forth
shed light on
spell out
zoom in
Frequency
Hyphenated as
uit‧leg‧gen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈœy̯tˌlɛ.ɣə(n)/
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch uteleggen. Equivalent to uit- (“out-”) + leggen (“to lay”).
New
uitleg
-
- (masculine,uncountable) explanation
- (historical,masculine) expansion, esp. the expansion of a city outside its previous walls
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