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Meaning and definition for "explain" word

[verb] serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date again"
[verb] make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
[verb] define; "The committe explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"

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\Ex*plain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Explaining}.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See {Plain},a., and cf. {Esplanade}.] 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.] The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. --Evelyn. 2. 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. Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you. --Gay. {To explain away}, to get rid of by explanation. ``Those explain the meaning quite away.'' --Pope. Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.
\Ex*plain"\, v. i. To give an explanation.

Synonyms for explain

excuse, explicate

Related terms: allegorize, demythologize, disclose, divine, do, dope out, excuse, exonerate, expedite, find the solution, get over, harangue, have it, make way for, psych out, put over, restore, sermonize, show the way, sort out, throw light upon, unlock

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Let's analyse "explain" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: NIALPXE. Average typing speed for these characters is 1930 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: . -..- .--. .-.. .- .. -.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: explain: 5 + 1 + 9 = 15, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: explain: 5 + 6 + 7 + 3 + 1 + 9 + 5 = 36, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
P (1)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
X (1)	24	Queen of Wands	Dependent, Caring, Sensual, Loving

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