What part of speech is explain?

Explain can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. explain is a verb, present, 1st person singular of explain (infinitive).
  • 2. explain is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does explain mean?

Definitions

Verb

explain - make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
explain - define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"
explain - serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"

Examples of explain

#   Sentence  
1. verb Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again.
2. verb In April — before the Swift boat veterans had said a word — Kerry said Bush “has yet to explain to America whether or not, and tell the truth, about whether he showed up for duty.”.
3. verb Which may explain the pattern to their stories: a journey to self-empowerment and the enlightenment of self-sacrifice inspired by the light and wisdom of Maryam and Massoud.
4. verb If part of the public supports it, others tolerate it, many are afraid of it and some try to explain it away by poverty or by a miserable childhood, organized crime will thrive and so will terrorism.
5. verb The ISO board called an emergency meeting the next week demanding Winter explain his actions.
6. verb I don't want to appear before God on judgment day and have to explain why I didn't do anything like this in my life.
7. verb $ometime$ it is hard to explain that you are making an INTERNATIONAL call and all of the phone companie$involved what $ome of your money.
8. verb In all my travels I’ve never seen anything like it and am often met with an odd look when I explain them to foreigners.
9. verb He took the time to explain things to me about my computer, i would recommend you go to him.
10. verb From the amount of time spent with us to explain things during the initial quote, to the communication through the approval process to the actual workmanship of the build itself.
11. verb I guess they figured me for an easy mark, and tried to explain that my car wouldn't pass unless I replaced a hose.
12. verb They were very friendly and were able to explain me exactly what was wrong with it.
13. verb I believe he is correct in that he needs my physical address for legal reasons, however, he did not adequately explain this during our session.
14. verb It would take forever for me to explain everything.
15. verb I can't explain it either.
Sentence  
verb
Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again.
In April — before the Swift boat veterans had said a word — Kerry said Bush “has yet to explain to America whether or not, and tell the truth, about whether he showed up for duty.”.
Which may explain the pattern to their stories: a journey to self-empowerment and the enlightenment of self-sacrifice inspired by the light and wisdom of Maryam and Massoud.
If part of the public supports it, others tolerate it, many are afraid of it and some try to explain it away by poverty or by a miserable childhood, organized crime will thrive and so will terrorism.
The ISO board called an emergency meeting the next week demanding Winter explain his actions.
I don't want to appear before God on judgment day and have to explain why I didn't do anything like this in my life.
$ometime$ it is hard to explain that you are making an INTERNATIONAL call and all of the phone companie$involved what $ome of your money.
In all my travels I’ve never seen anything like it and am often met with an odd look when I explain them to foreigners.
He took the time to explain things to me about my computer, i would recommend you go to him.
From the amount of time spent with us to explain things during the initial quote, to the communication through the approval process to the actual workmanship of the build itself.
I guess they figured me for an easy mark, and tried to explain that my car wouldn't pass unless I replaced a hose.
They were very friendly and were able to explain me exactly what was wrong with it.
I believe he is correct in that he needs my physical address for legal reasons, however, he did not adequately explain this during our session.
It would take forever for me to explain everything.
I can't explain it either.

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