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Verb explain- has 3 senses
- explain, explicate - make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
--1 is one way to inform
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue explain the movie
- explain - define; "The committe explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"
--2 is one way to state, say, tell
Sample sentence:
They explain that there was a traffic accident
- excuse, explain - serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date again"
--3 is one way to justify, vindicate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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