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explain

/ɪkˈspleɪn/

Translations

explainverb

explained

Past Simple

explained

Past Participle

explaining

Gerund

/ɪkˈspleɪn/

The teacher will explain the rules to the students.

Учитель разъяснит правила ученикам.

Can you explain the process to me?

Можешь объяснить мне процесс?

He tried to explain the poem to the class.

Он пытался толковать стихотворение классу.

Additional translations

Synonyms

account for

explainverb

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

The teacher explained the math problem to the students.

To give a reason for something or to justify an action or event.

He explained why he was late to the meeting.

To serve as the cause of or reason for; to account for.

Her accent explains why some people thought she was foreign.