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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•plic•it /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated: explicit instructions.
- unreserved in expression;
outspoken: explicit language. ex•plic•it•ly, adv. ex•plic•it•ness, n. [uncountable]See -plic-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•plic•it (ik splis′it),USA pronunciation adj. - fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated;
leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal:explicit instructions;an explicit act of violence;explicit language. - clearly developed or formulated:explicit knowledge; explicit belief.
- definite and unreserved in expression;
outspoken:He was quite explicit as to what he expected us to do for him. - Literaturedescribed or shown in realistic detail:explicit sexual scenes.
- having sexual acts or nudity clearly depicted:explicit movies; explicit books.
- Mathematics(of a function) having the dependent variable expressed directly in terms of the independent variables, as y = 3x + 4. Cf. implicit (def. 4).
- Latin explicitus unfolded, set forth, variant past participle of explicāre. See explicate
- 1605–15
ex•plic′it•ly, adv. ex•plic′it•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged express, definite, precise, exact, unambiguous.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged open, forthright, unabashed.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged indefinite, ambiguous.
explicit, + adj. - having sexual acts or nudity clearly depicted:explicit movies; explicit books.
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