If you explain something, you give details about it or describe it so that it can be understood. Not every judge, however, has the ability to explain the law in simple terms. [VERB noun] Don't sign anything …
Verb explain (third-person singular simple present explains, present participle explaining, simple past and past participle explained) (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear …
(informal) Oh well then, that explains it (= I understand now why something happened). The phenomenon is partly explained by the fact that global temperatures are rising.
Synonyms for EXPLAINS: illustrates, clarifies, demonstrates, simplifies, illuminates, interprets, elucidates, expounds; Antonyms of EXPLAINS: obscures, confuses, clouds, confounds, obfuscates, …
Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow explains that when people feel the pressure to be always "on,"they find ways to accommodate that pressure, including altering their schedules, work …