explicateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈek.splɪ.keɪt/us/ˈek.splə.keɪt/formalto explain something in detail, especially a piece of writing or an idea:
This is a book which clearly explicates Marx's later writings.
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Defining & explaining
- (do you) see what I mean? idiom
- account (to sb) for sth
- accountable
- cast
- clarify
- convey
- demystify
- descriptive
- every picture tells a story idiom
- evocative
- evoke
- explicable
- expound
- fill
- get sth across
- justify
- mean
- scene
- schematic
- that is to say ... idiom
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explication
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌek.splɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spləˈkeɪ.ʃən/