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(v)
(transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail.
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(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
(transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.
(adj)
Providing clarity; making clear.
To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
(n)
Something that explains or makes understandable.
Intended to serve as an explanation.
(transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
(intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.
To make a short reference to something.
(transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
(intransitive, followed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
Capable of being attributed.
(transitive) To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
(ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
(transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.
(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
(intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
To justify a discreditable act, or irrational behaviour.
(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
(transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
(transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
(transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
(transitive) To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK, a Statement of Special Educational Needs.
To announce or declare.
(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
(intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
(ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.
To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
(transitive) To represent in words.
(transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
(transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
(transitive) To create.
(intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
(ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.
Marked by interpretation.
(transitive) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.
(transitive) To instruct or train.
To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
(transitive) To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).
(transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
(transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).
To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
(transitive) To pronounce.
The current moment or period of time.
(transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.
(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
(transitive) To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).
Owed or owing.
(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
(transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.
(transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
Transparent in colour.
To provide explanation.
(figurative) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
(transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
(transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.
(transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.
Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.
(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
(transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text.
(programming) decorated with an attribute
(ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
(intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
(transitive, theater, slang) To support by donating money.
(transitive) To declare to be a fact.
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English John.
(law, plural only) A written judgment or ruling by a judge or similar decision maker.
An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
(transitive) To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
(transitive) To show or illustrate by example.
(ambitransitive) To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.
To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
(transitive) To subject to analysis.
(intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.
(transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
(transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
(transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb.
(transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
(transitive) To assign a quantity to.
(British spelling) Alternative form of summarize. [(ambitransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).]