Lingaku
Sign In
Explore
Learn
English
Loading
Lingaku
Japanese
Decks
(Japanese)
Kanji List
(Japanese)
Grammar List
(Japanese)
Leaderboard
(Japanese)
Help
(Japanese)
Acknowledgements
(Japanese)
Chinese
Decks
(Chinese)
Hanzi List
(Chinese)
Grammar List
(Chinese)
Leaderboard
(Chinese)
Help
(Chinese)
Acknowledgements
(Chinese)
Italian
Decks
(Italian)
Grammar List
(Italian)
Leaderboard
(Italian)
Help
(Italian)
Acknowledgements
(Italian)
English
Decks
(English)
Grammar List
(English)
Leaderboard
(English)
Help
(English)
Acknowledgements
(English)
About
Pricing
Blog
Contact Us
English
© 2026, lingaku.com. Read our
Terms of Service
and
Privacy Policy
. Manage
Cookie Preferences
.
explain
verb
A2
/ɪkˈspleɪn/
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
transitive
To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of.
transitive
To make something plain or intelligible.
intransitive
Forms
he/she/it
explains
-ing form
explaining
past participle
explained
past
explained
Example sentences
2874 results
It would take forever for me to explain everything.
Tatoeba
That is somewhat explained at the end.
Tatoeba
Show all 2874 example sentences