Synonyms: account for, elucidate, expound, explicate, give an accounting for, set out
Conjugation
| Indicative mood |
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| Present tense | Past tense |
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| (I) explain | (I) explained |
| (thou) explainest | (thou) explainedst |
| (he) explains, explaineth | (he) explained |
| (we) explain | (we) explained |
| (you) explain | (you) explained |
| (they) explain | (they) explained |
| Subjunctive mood |
|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
|---|
| (I) explain | (I) explained |
| (thou) explain | (thou) explained |
| (he) explain | (he) explained |
| (we) explain | (we) explained |
| (you) explain | (you) explained |
| (they) explain | (they) explained |
| Imperative mood |
|---|
| explain |
| Participles |
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| Present participle | Past participle |
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| explaining | explained |
A few basic concepts are all that is required, and these we shall explain as clearly as we can.
This programme is explained in detail below.