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explains
 
Verb explain has 3 senses
  1. explain, explicate - make palin and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
    --1 is one way to inform
    Derived form: noun explanation3
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue explain the movie
  2. explain - define; "The committe explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"
    --2 is one way to     state, say, tell
    Derived form: noun explanation1
    Sample sentence:
    They explain that there was a traffic accident
  3. 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
    Derived form: noun explanation3
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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