explain
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /ɪkˈspleɪn/US /ɪkˈspleɪn/
Meaning
verb
to tell somebody about something in a way that makes it easy to understand
“explain (something), He was trying to explain the difference between hip hop and rap.”
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