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 โ€ฆ (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, โ€ฆ

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