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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | explain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | analytical, discursive, essayistic, exegetical, explanatory, explicable, explicative, explicatory, exponent, expository, hermeneutic, interpretative, paraphrastic, resolutive |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | explain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Synonyms: | construction, exegesis, hypothesis, theory |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | explain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To make understandable. |
| Synonyms: | construe, decipher, explicate, expound, interpret, spell out, put into plain English |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | explain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | amplify, annotate, clarify, construe, decipher, define, describe, dilate, elaborate, elucidate, expand, expatiate, explicate, exposit, expound, illuminate, interpret, justify, make clear, manifest, rationalize, resolve, simplify, translate, unfold, unravel |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | account |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To offer reasons for or a cause of. |
| Synonyms: | account for, justify, rationalize |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | extenuate |
| Part of Speech: | phrasal verb |
| Definition: | To conceal or make light of a fault or offense. |
| Synonyms: | gloss over, gloze, palliate, sleek over, whitewash |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | resolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To find a solution for. |
| Synonyms: | clear up, decipher, solve, unravel, get to the bottom of |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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