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Definition of Explain
Explain

To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.

To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.

To give an explanation.

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Explain Quotations

Things explain each other, not themselves.
George Oppen

I cannot explain something that no one has ever figured out.
Chris Noth

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
Saint Augustine

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
Albert Einstein

The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.
Mark Twain

Explain Translations

explain in Afrikaans is verklaar, verduidelik
explain in Danish is forklare
explain in Dutch is uiteenzetten, toelichten
explain in French is expliquer, expliquent, expliquons, expliquez
explain in Italian is esporre, dichiarare, commentare
explain in Latin is declaro, demonstro, persolvo
explain in Norwegian is forklare
explain in Portuguese is explique, explicar
explain in Spanish is exponer, aclarar, explicar, elucidar


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