Synonym: answer, clarify, demonstrate, illustrate, show, simplify, solve. Antonym: obscure. Similar words: complaint, plaintiff, explanation, complain about, explode, explore, exploit, explicit. Meaning: [ɪk'spleɪn] 
v. 1. make plain and comprehensible 2. define 3. serve as a reason or cause or justification of.
v. 1. make plain and comprehensible 2. define 3. serve as a reason or cause or justification of. 
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91. I wrote a short note to explain.
92. His voice cracked slightly as he tried to explain.
93. He rang off before I could explain.
94. The more you explain yourself,the more you bemuddle me.
95. He started to explain, but he didn't get far before Mary interrupted him.
96. To revert to the question of exams, I'd like to explain further.
97. Just give me a moment to order my thoughts, and then I'll explain the system to you.
98. Don't use all that technical lingo try and explain in plain English.
99. The minister was called to court to explain his conduct.
100. Ministers have shown extreme reluctance to explain their position to the media.
101. The difference in the treatment they receive is hard to explain away.
102. I don't understand your argument. Could you explain yourself a bit more?
103. I tried to explain everything to her, but it came out all wrong .
104. However you explain the motives behind his actions, he was still wrong.
105. The police asked me to explain why I hadn't reported the accident sooner.
106. I had to explain the joke to her a couple of times before the penny dropped.
107. I got myself tied up in knots when I tried to explain the legal system to them.
108. You'll have to explain the rules of the game .
109. I'd tried to explain the situation, but he just changed the subject.
110. Scientific findings that help explain the origins of the universe.
111. There's a big difference between understanding something and being able to explain it to others.
112. He hadn't been home for three days so I asked him to explain himself.
113. How do you explain the existence of closely related species in widely separated locations?
114. If he were here I could explain to him myself.
115. He started to explain, but she cut him short,[http://sentencedict.com/explain.html] saying she had to catch a bus.
116. The judge clapped him in prison before he had had time to explain.
117. Not every judge, however, has the ability to explain the law in simple terms.
118. School administrators were unable to explain the slide in student performance.
119. She went straight for the jugular and asked him to explain his previous criminal record.
120. A number of theories have been proposed to explain the phenomenon.
More similar words: complaint, plaintiff, explanation, complain about, explode, explore, exploit, explicit, explosion, exploration, maintain, claim, proclaim, expand, expert, expose, expect, export, expense, play, plan, expertise, expected, exposure, plant, plate, place, experience, expansion, experiment.