explicate
To explain meticulously or in great detailTo explain meticulously or in great detail.
» Philosophers often explicate complex ideas to reveal their underlying assumptions.
Meaning
1 sensesTo explain meticulously or in great detail.
My homework is to explicate a poem.
explizieren, haarklein erläutern
- elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- make plain and comprehensible
Examples
5 sentencesPhilosophers often explicate complex ideas to reveal their underlying assumptions.
The scientists will carefully explicate each step of the experiment for transparency.
Tom began to explicate the symbolism of the painting to the curious audience.
Tom prefers to explicate rather than summarize, believing clarity is more important than brevity.
It took the length of a novella to fully explicate the theory in Toki Pona.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Latin explicāre (“unfold, explain”).Borrowed from Latin explicāre (“unfold, explain”).
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Forms
explicates, explicating, explicated, explicated| Base form | explicate · to explicate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | explicates |
| Present participle | explicating |
| Past simple | explicated |
| Past participle | explicated |
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Synonyms
6 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle