Explicate - English meaning

verb

Make (a statement or situation) less confused and more comprehensible.

Usage examples:

The report managed to clarify the government's position

Make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

verb

To make something clearer or easier to understand

Usage examples:

I hope this analysis will clarify the debate., talking it through with you has helped me to clarify…

phrasal verb

Become clear

phrasal verb

(of an illness or bad weather) to go away, changing into a better condition

Usage examples:

If my cold doesn’t clear up, it will ruin my vacation., let’s hope the weather clears up., i want t…

verb

Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

Motion pictures were to develop into mass entertainment

verb

Progress or evolve through a process of natural growth

verb

To grow or cause to grow or change into a more advanced form

Usage examples:

[ t ] this exercise will help develop the shoulder and back muscles (= it will make them stronger).…

verb

Make (something) clear; explain.

Usage examples:

Work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter

verb

To explain or make clear

Usage examples:

[ t ] i hope my book will elucidate the complex issues we face.

verb

To explain something or make something clear

Usage examples:

I don't understand. you'll have to elucidate., the reasons for the change in weather conditions hav…

verb

Make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts.

Usage examples:

They explained that their lives centred on the religious rituals

verb

Make plain and comprehensible

verb

To make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it

Usage examples:

[ i ] if there’s anything you don’t understand, i’ll be happy to explain., [ t ] the teacher explai…

verb

Present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail.

Usage examples:

He was expounding a powerful argument

verb

To give a detailed explanation of something

Usage examples:

Expound on he's always expounding on what's wrong with the world., expound a theory he likes to exp…

verb

Make (something) visible or bright by shining light on it; light up.

Usage examples:

A flash of lightning illuminated the house

verb

To put light in or on something

Usage examples:

The buildings were illuminated at night., this article illuminates the basic principles of economics.

verb

To light something and make it brighter

Usage examples:

The streets were illuminated with strings of coloured lights.

verb

Explain the meaning of (information or actions).

Usage examples:

The evidence is difficult to interpret

verb

Make sense of; assign a meaning to

verb

To describe the meaning of something; examine in order to explain

Usage examples:

It’s difficult to interpret these statistics without knowing how they were obtained., [ i ] i had t…

phrasal verb

Speak the letters that form a word in sequence.

Usage examples:

He spelled out his name for the clerk

phrasal verb

To say or show letters

Usage examples:

They spelled out the letters y, m, c, and a with their arms and bodies., the mayor has so far refus…

idiom

Something or someone that casts/sheds/throws light on a situation provides an explanation for it or information that makes it easier to understand

Usage examples:

As an economist, he was able to shed some light on the problem.

verb

Open or spread out from a folded position.

Usage examples:

He unfolded the map and laid it out on the table

verb

Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

verb

(of a situation or story) to develop or become clear

Usage examples:

Events unfolded in a way that no one could have predicted., she took the old wedding dress out and …

verb

Free from a tangled or twisted state.

Usage examples:

Fishermen untangled their nets

verb

Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

verb

To remove the knots from a mass of string, wire, hair, etc. and separate the different threads

Usage examples:

I spent ages trying to untangle rosie’s hair., fig. it took years to untangle the facts of the case…

collocation

Find the solution to or understand the meaning of

phrasal verb

Plan or devise something in detail.

Usage examples:

We need to work out a seating plan

phrasal verb

Solve a sum or determine an amount by calculation.

Usage examples:

The interest rate is worked out by adding a certain amount to the current base rate