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Explaining

To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.

📖 Definitions of "Explaining"

verb

1
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
"To explain a chapter of the Bible."
2
To give a valid excuse for past behavior.
3
To make flat, smooth out.
4
To unfold or make visible.

noun

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
explicateverb	(transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail.
excuseverb	(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
explanationnoun	Something that explains or makes understandable.
clarifyingnoun	Providing clarity; making clear.
specifyingnoun	The act or process of stating or describing something clearly and exactly.
clarified	Made clear.
notingnoun	A note; a written remark.
declaringnoun	The act of making something known; announcing; proclaiming
statingnoun	statement
referringnoun	The act by which somebody or something is referred; a reference.
advisingnoun	(obsolete) Advice.
describeverb	(transitive) To represent in words.
whyverb	(intransitive, transitive) To ask (someone) the question "why?".
assertingnoun	The act of making assertions.
showingnoun	An occasion when something is shown.
interpretingnoun	(uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) Synonym of interpretation (the discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another)
justifyingnoun	A process of justification.
sayingnoun	A proverb or maxim.
tellingnoun	Revealing information; bearing significance.
warrantingnoun	A guarantee.